Ben Cardin actually said...

I would just make the observation there was information that was put into the data bank, and it appears like before Christmas Day no one act...

But whose responsibility was it to look into that information and determine as to whether he was actively involved in al Qaeda in Yemen?

But it never gave you the information at the time that a visa was outstanding.

So in this particular case, we do not know what would have happened if you made that inquiry.