Despite President Joe Biden initially downplaying the possibility of a Taliban takeover, his administration’s disastrous pullout of Afghanistan led to massive importation of improperly vetted evacuees — many of whom were on terror watchlists, a federal watchdog found.

During the Biden administration’s military rollout of Afghanistan, 55 Afghan evacuees on the terrorist watchlist made it to a U.S. port of entry or were included on the watchlist during their evacuation and resettlement into the country, according to a report released Tuesday by the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Inspector General. The FBI acknowledged in the report that “normal” vetting procedures were dropped in the wake of botched military pullout.

“As with any population entering the United States, it is the responsibility of the U.S. government to ensure those seeking entry do not pose a national security or public safety risk,” the watchdog report states.

“However, according to the FBI, during [Operation Allies Refuge] and [Operation Allies Welcome], the normal processes required to determine whether individuals posed a threat to national security and public safety were overtaken by the need to immediately evacuate and protect the lives of Afghans, increasing the potential that bad actors could try to exploit the expedited evacuation,” the report continued.