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| 2005-03-01 |
| CIA Director Porter Goss' warning that al Qaeda might try to use "chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons" in his Feb. 17 testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee overshadowed a more urgent intelligence warning. At the same hearing, Vice Admiral James Loy, deputy secretary of Homeland Security, testified that al Qaeda has changed tactics for inserting terrorist teams into the United States. According to Adm. Loy, al Qaeda plans to use Mexico's professional people smugglers — known as coyotes — to infiltrate terrorists across our southern border. Adm. Loy's information is based on recent interrogations and has been confirmed by ongoing counterterrorist operations. This story ought to have led the news on every network. But Adm. Loy's Mexican bombshell didn't generate widespread media coverage because it was buried in written testimony instead of being delivered in telegenic soundbites. Al Qaeda's departure from its previous modus operandi of using terrorists with valid documents (the majority of September 11 hijackers fit into this category) means the organization intends to attack us using new methods for which we are unprepared. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #16 Crazyhorse, No the Mexican Government is being very well PAID by the drug cartels to keep the border open on their side. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-03-01 11:47:51 PM |
| #15 We can not close the border just from our side alone.There needs to be an effort from the Mexican side.But that won't happen,because the Mexican government is tied up trying to put down the drug cartels.Simple enough to understand that much,in my mind. |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2005-03-01 10:59:20 PM |
| #14 ..and Mexico has to pay for encouraging the illegals Maybe the feds should slap a surcharge on all those wire transfers to Mexico, seeing as how a lot of the major banks are trying to make the procedure easier... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-01 10:51:21 PM |
| #13 When we deport people we should send them to Cancun. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-03-01 4:56:20 PM |
| #12 Agreed, BAR and Mexico has to pay for encouraging the illegals |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-03-01 4:54:04 PM |
| #11 Fences at the major points of entry, shift to the wide open desert where sensors can track and your numbers are bogus. I would support this sort of action, provided that enough BP officers are stationed in strategic areas to allow them to respond quickly to any detections with little possibility of overstretching, and most importantly, that relief stations (water and whatnot) are dismantled and subsequently PROHIBITED from being set up anywhere within a thirty mile area of the border. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-01 4:50:30 PM |
| #10 Even then, 2b, that's so damn sad ... when you put it that way, yeah..you are right. That is really sad. Anymoose there is no reason it has to be all or nothing. We can do both - short term solutions that work for catching terrorists today while continuing to work toward a long term solution for the overall program. I don't think Bush doesn't get it - I just think he's smart enough not to bite off something he knows he'd choke on. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-03-01 11:48:33 AM |
| #9 I respectfully disgree, Moose. Strategy: Fences at the major points of entry, shift to the wide open desert where sensors can track and your numbers are bogus. Close the friggin border and tell Mexico to clean up at home, not shuffle herds here to send dollars home. Defeatist crap like yours we don't need. Resolve and a iron fist with our "ally" Mexico? We do need |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-03-01 10:51:37 AM |
| #8 looking at the bright side, Al-Q may be the catalyst that helps us to finally get a realistic grip on the 10,000 that daily cross our borders. Not likely. As long as GWB has the idea in his head that Mexico is spme sort of partner and not a parasite, little will change on his watch. That is, until the next attack is traced back to an infiltration from Mexico, in which case he will be in really deep shit if it happens while he's still in office. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-01 10:34:49 AM |
| #7 Oh, it is so aggravating when they try to tie the illegal immigrant problem, which has been argued continuously since the 1920s, with the "terrorists crossing our border" problem, which is "today, and right now". Putting the two together *guarantees* that our border will remain porous to terrorists! This is idiotic! Instead, we should pay a tiny amount of money to Mexicans citizens to inform on non-Mexicans trying to sneak across. America can then continue with its never-ending arguments about Mexican illegals. And no, I will tell you right now that you CANNOT close that border with anything short of 3 DIVISIONS of soldiers, at an obscene cost, perhaps $3 Billion dollars a MONTH. So, as emotionally gratifying as it might be to scream and wail, you must use some other means to solve a whole bunch of problems, not one big, ugly simple solution that won't work. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-03-01 10:30:18 AM |
| #6 Even then, 2b, that's so damn sad ... |
| Posted by: Omurong Spung8918 2005-03-01 10:15:22 AM |
| #5 looking at the bright side, Al-Q may be the catalyst that helps us to finally get a realistic grip on the 10,000 that daily cross our borders. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-03-01 7:39:17 AM |
| #4 The headline could use some editing: Close the Mexican border |
| Posted by: jackal 2005-03-01 7:28:56 AM |
| #3 Let's see if Evita starts screaming from the rooftops about this. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-03-01 1:22:50 AM |
| #2 And that happens it'll be all due to PC, and the desire for cheap labor. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-01 1:21:45 AM |
| #1 Such a no-brainer. The fact that this is even under discussion shows how close we are to losing the WOT. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2005-03-01 1:19:42 AM |