The FBI tried to check out the father’s story, and conducted what officials now describe as an “assessment” of that information. However, investigators found no evidence to prompt a full-scale investigation into the son, and the initial investigation was closed without action, the law enforcement official said. At the time, the son was being held on an assault charge for stabbing his brother during a domestic dispute, another law enforcement official said. The official, and other U.S. security sources, said Rahami underwent additional security screening upon returning from abroad but passed on every occasion. MORE CHARGES EXPECTEDProsecutors in Union County, New Jersey charged Rahami with five counts of attempted first-degree murder and two second-degree weapons counts.

Source: New Strait Times September 20, 2016 18:11 UTC