(Washington Times) The Justice Department has quietly dismissed charges against two Jordanian immigrants who were arrested after encroaching on a Marine base earlier this year, leaving a host of questions about the incident.
In court documents, the U.S. attorney in eastern Virginia said squelching the cases was in the interest of “the ends of justice” — boilerplate language that sheds little light on what happened.
The two men, [Hasan Yousef Hamdan] and [Mohammad] Khair Hassan Dabous, were stopped by sentries as they tried to drive onto Marine Corps Base Quantico in Prince William County in May.
They claimed to be making a delivery run and were asked to wait while their identities were checked, but Mr. Dabous, the driver, continued to move the box truck forward, military authorities said. The sentries raised the vehicle barriers and arrested the men.
