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Home Front: WoT
No more border checks
2004-06-17
The Bush administration has pledged to stop special security checks imposed on adult males entering the United States from mainly Muslim countries. Those targeted are mostly from countries considered a risk for terrorism. "Our long term goal", senior homeland security official Asa Hutchinson told Arab civil rights leaders Friday, "is to treat (all visitors) the same way, and not based on where you come from."
In that case you should be frisking everybody, rather than letting turbans waltz in unopposed. When the next 9-11 commission lines up to shoot the wounded after the next jihadi atrocity, you're gonna be in the first rank — always assuming they don't destroy Washington, D.C., and you with it...
Hutchinson also distinguished the approach of the Department of Homeland Security from that of other parts of the administration, notably Attorney General John Ashcroft's Justice Department, United Press International reported.
"Book 'em, Agent Starchedshirt! And make sure they're biopsied!"
Under the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System or NSEERS, introduced in November 2002, male visa-holders coming to the United States from any one of 25 listed nations have had to undergo special screening, including being fingerprinted, photographed and interviewed at ports of entry. The countries include Yemen, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Iran. Apart from North Korea, they are all majority-Muslim nations.
15 of 19, guys. Don't forget 15 of 19...
Posted by:Bomb-a-rama

#16  Well said Wuzzalib. I hope thats the case.
Posted by: Lucky   2004-06-17 10:45:24 PM  

#15  Is maybe "long term goal" the key, here?

Posted by: Wuzzalib   2004-06-17 9:42:24 PM  

#14  Hutchinson was actually one of the House managers of the Clinton impeachment-- and I was pretty impressed by him back them.

I'm perplexed....

Posted by: Wuzzalib   2004-06-17 9:41:11 PM  

#13  I hope everyone here finally realizes that both sides of the aisle are stuffed with f&%king morons. It's difficult to tell which is the greater source of peril, al Qaeda or our own politicians.

Posted by: Zenster   2004-06-17 9:40:33 PM  

#12  Asa's no fool or Democrat (I know....repetitious) - there's more to this
Posted by: Frank G   2004-06-17 9:36:55 PM  

#11  It's possible that Mr. Hutchinson is a Democrat who feels this is the appropriate way to preserve civil liberties .... or a way to put the Bush administration in the position of having to publicly "discriminate against Arabs" in an election year.

Stupidity is common, but gaming and manipulation of PR is pretty common inside the beltway, too.
Posted by: rkb   2004-06-17 9:31:44 PM  

#10  "Our long term goal", senior homeland security official Asa Hutchinson told Arab civil rights leaders Friday, "is to treat (all visitors) the same way, and not based on where you come from."

Know what my long term goal is, Asa? To hopefully still be alive to watch you dance around this after it blows up in your face.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-06-17 9:29:24 PM  

#9  come on. this has got to be from The Onion or Scrappleface, right? right? please?? someone?
Posted by: nada   2004-06-17 9:02:49 PM  

#8  
Folks, they already have a clue! And the clue is, let's have a few more 9/11's. That can be the only answer, they're trying to either destroy us.

Or they're setting in place the circumstances to justify a massive retaliation against the Islamic World. I say, why wait. Let's do `em now!

Nony
Posted by: Anonymous5249   2004-06-17 8:41:48 PM  

#7  Likewise, when the president's "thinking big" instead of getting down in the nitty-gritty, you get incidents of stupidity like this; if it's not an order "from the top", it's just this guy being an idiot ...
Posted by: Edward Yee   2004-06-17 8:38:17 PM  

#6  What the fuck?
Posted by: someone   2004-06-17 8:18:50 PM  

#5  MyGod! I think it really *will* take a couple more 9/11's before these *IDIOTS* get a clue....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-06-17 8:01:57 PM  

#4  Raj: At least with Bush there's a chance we can get it right. If we get Lurch, we are in serious trouble. I don't want my daughter wearin' a burkha so I'm asking you to vote Bush!
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2004-06-17 7:37:44 PM  

#3  This is stupid but, Lurchy would be even worse!
Posted by: BigEd   2004-06-17 7:19:23 PM  

#2  "Our long term goal", senior homeland security official Asa Hutchinson told Arab civil rights leaders Friday, "is to treat (all visitors) the same way, and not based on where you come from."

When 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, it is impossible to justify such world-class stupidity.

Is it time to discuss whether anyone can justify voting for Bush or just sit out the election? Anyone out there want to throw out a counterargument?
Posted by: Raj   2004-06-17 7:18:11 PM  

#1  PC wins, national suicide rules. Is this what it really means? The Swedish nuns are an equal threat as a Saudi male to the US? This is madness.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-06-17 7:07:44 PM  

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