Because the officer had "no controlling legal authority".
(This is just another example of why treating terrorism as a law enforcement issue just won't work over the long run)
And now I'm wondering about the ones that got away...
Curious about Faarax and his appearance on the watch list? Read more here at Dinah Lord.A Somali man on the U.S. government's terrorist watchlist was stopped last week by a police officer outside Las Vegas, but the officer had no legal authority to detain the man so he was sent on his way, multiple law enforcement sources told FOX News.
On Oct. 6, about 10 miles north of Las Vegas, a Nevada Highway Patrol officer pulled over a rental car that was speeding, according to court records and one of the sources. The gray Chevrolet was occupied by five men of Somali descent, including Cabdulaahi Faarax of Minneapolis and Abdow M. Abdow of Chanhassen, Minn., according to the court records and sources.
The five men offered conflicting accounts of their travel. All five told the officer they were on their way to San Diego to attend a friend’s wedding, but they “gave inconsistent explanations regarding where they were staying in San Diego, how the occupants knew one another, and who was getting married at the wedding in San Diego,” according to court documents.
When asked for their dates of birth, they all gave “January 1” as their birthday, but each offered a different year of birth. (ed. note: There's a reason for that. Most Somalis don't know their birthdate so they are assigned one by immigration authorities). Faarax said he was born Jan. 1, 1977, making him 32 years old, one source said.
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