Adding to the mainstream media’s huge credibility problems, a major newspaper has omitted critical facts in a story accusing a Republican governor of inflaming fears over illegal immigration for bringing attention to a serious breach at a U.S. military base earlier this year. It happens to involve a case Judicial Watch investigated and we obtained important government records that contradict the skeptical tone of the lengthy article, which portrays Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin as somewhat of a fear-mongering embellisher who fabricated the seriousness of the matter. “Virginia’s governor has used the arrest of two undocumented men who misunderstood directions to stop at a check-in station to inflame fears over illegal immigration,” according to the piece, published by the Washington Post a few days ago. The article quotes federal prosecutors dismissing the breach as an “Amazon delivery.”
The incident involves two Jordanian illegal immigrants—32-year-old Hasan Yousef Hamdan and 28-year-old Mohammad Khair Dabous—who tried to infiltrate Marine Corps Base Quantico on May 3. Both were released from federal custody after being charged for trying to breach the compound even though one of the men appears on a terror watch list, according to records obtained by Judicial Watch. The men posted bail in early June and were released by the Washington D.C. Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the records show. A Department of Justice (DOJ) immigration judge in Annandale, Virginia set Dabous’ bail at $10,000 and Hamdan’s at $15,000 and they were freed after posting bond and agreeing to stay away from military facilities and to appear in court for immigration hearings.
The Virginia base is about 35 miles south of Washington D.C. and houses the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Academy and Laboratory as well as a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) facility and Marine Corps commands that include the unit that flies the president’s Marine One helicopter. Initial reports revealed that in the early morning hours of May 3, Hamdan and Dabous drove a truck to the military installation’s main gate and told guards they were making a delivery to Quantico Town’s post office. They ignored guards’ orders to stop when they could not provide credentials required to gain access to the facility. The illegal immigrants were arrested and charged with misdemeanor trespassing on military property. A Serious Incident Report (SIR) filed by Marine Base Quantico to Marine Headquarters confirms that a white box truck driven by Dabous tried to access the installation via a gate on Fuller Road. Guards asked for a license to conduct a visitor check and directed Dabous to move the truck into the inspection area.
While the guard transmitted the drivers’ license information for vetting, the truck moved forward from the holding area and final denial barriers were deployed, according to the SIR report obtained by Judicial Watch. The passenger, Hamdan, could only provide a Jordanian passport for identification and both men were taken into custody. “Hamdan illegally entered the United States 20 days ago from Mexico into California where Hamdan was arrested and sent to an immigration camp with a deportation court date in 2026,” the SIR report states. An ICE officer, whose name is redacted in the document, “telephonically confirmed” to the Marine Criminal Investigations Division (CID) that “Hamdan was on a terror watch list,” the report says, further revealing that ICE personnel assumed custody of Hamadan and Dabous for further processing. Despite the Marine SIR documenting that Hamdan appears on a terror watch list, the government—specifically ICE—has consistently denied it. A spokesperson for ICE ERO in Washington D.C. told Judicial Watch that neither man posed a threat to national security or the public without offering any further information that one appears on the terror watch list.
The Washington Post story completely omits this pertinent information, instead downplaying the incident by describing it as “confusion” during an “Amazon delivery.” The article cites a federal prosecutor’s court filing noting that “neither man had any known terrorist links” even though it is clearly stated in the government records obtained by Judicial Watch. The Biden DOJ dropped the charges on October 3, the article reveals, before taking another jab at Governor Youngkin: “Though court filings have since shown that the men have been cleared of wrongdoing beyond their illegal presence in the country, Youngkin seems unlikely to give up the talking point, relaying it as a cautionary tale about illegal immigration and potential terrorism.”
