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| Smuggler linked to al-Qaeda busted last month - Negroponte |
| 2005-09-28 |
| New York City police were led to a possible al-Qaida associate last month after a search of a federal terror database during a routine traffic search, National Intelligence Director John D. Negroponte said Tuesday. In a speech at the annual conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Negroponte offered the incident as an example of increasing cooperation between local law enforcement and federal agencies. Negroponte spoke of success he said local law enforcement officials have had in working with the FBI-run Terrorist Screening Center, the government's new central database for terror suspects. According to Negroponte, the New York City Police Department called the center last month because a routine search on a parking violation alerted officers that the individual might be a terrorist suspect. ``Sure enough, TSC database searches identified the subject as an alleged alien smuggler possibly associated with al-Qaida,'' Negroponte said. ``Identifying terrorists who wish to do us harm, intercepting them when necessary and preventing attacks before they occur is a tall order, but it is the right order.'' Negroponte said it was important for agencies from around the world to work together and share information. However, there are still issues that need to be addressed, including privacy and civil liberties. The screening center was created in September 2003 by a presidential directive. It combines about a dozen databases from nine agencies that any government official - from a Customs agent at an airport to a state trooper watching for speeders - can consult to check the name of someone who has been screened or stopped. Earlier this year, Inspector General Glenn A. Fine said in an audit that the database was missing some names that should be in it and had inaccurate information about others. Donna Bucella, the center's director, has said the problems have been corrected. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #9 Portable Network Graphics, a very annoying file format to have to deal with. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-09-28 23:51 |
| #8 PNG = Papua New Guinea |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2005-09-28 17:05 |
| #7 Thanks for the definition, guys. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-09-28 16:47 |
| #6 RC - I like your idea. And while they are waiting to be deported house them in relocation centers (which are based on their LEGAL STATUS and not their RACE / CREED / RELIGION / GENDER / etc...) Unfortunately some 'sanctuary cities' explicitly FORBID their law enforcement officers from inquiring about a person's immigration status (or lack thereof) much less do anything about it. I think also a city should forfit any and all federal funds if they refuse to enforce federal immigration laws. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-09-28 13:42 |
| #5 PNG Persona Non Grata, in plain english "Get out and stay out, RIGHT NOW |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2005-09-28 13:35 |
| #4 persona non grata - expelling them by refusing their diplomatic credentials |
| Posted by: lotp 2005-09-28 13:22 |
| #3 PNG? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-09-28 12:56 |
| #2 Here's a hint: any search for warrants, which I believe is routine during a traffic stop, should also hit a database of people who are waiting for immigration hearings and/or skipped on their immigration hearings. If their hearing is still pending, and they're more than 100 miles from their port of entry, or if they skipped on their hearing, then they should be arrested, deported, and never allowed into the country again. If they get caught again, then they should spend a nice long time in jail before they get kicked back home again. Anyone who's illegal and commits a crime FIRST serves their sentence, then gets booted home -- and their home country's legal immigration quota is reduced, one-for-one. The country of origin with the least amount of crime from its immigrants gets bumped by one, to make up for the difference. For every 1,000 illegals coming from a given country, we PNG a diplomatic official -- and if it goes far enough, we start PNG'ing their UN staff. If we run out of diplomats, we start seizing the assets of government officials. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-09-28 08:12 |
| #1 ``Sure enough, TSC database searches identified the subject as an alleged alien smuggler possibly associated with al-Qaida,'' Negroponte said. Shut the f&*king border. |
| Posted by: Cato Dog 2005-09-28 00:50 |