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.  Expect misconduct by Garland.

     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, Hamdan Yousef   Hasan   and   Mohammed 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.  Immigration authorities initially told base officials that Mr. Hasan was on the terror watchlist, according to the Serious Incident Report filed after the incursion. However, prosecutors said in court documents filed in September that neither man is actually on a watchlist, and neither the FBI nor U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has national security concerns or other derogatory information.  In court filings, lawyers for the men blamed the incident on a language barrier, saying Mr. Dabous was making legitimate deliveries in Quantico but didn’t understand the sentry’s directions about stopping.