Less than 1% of 4,000 mile US border is controlled increasing risk of terrorism

[fed3r2198]

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/02/01/107891/biggest-border-threat-to-us-canada.html

WASHINGTON — Americans face a high risk of terrorist activity along the U.S.-Canadian border, where less than 1 percent of the 4,000-mile stretch is adequately protected, according to a government report released Tuesday.



"To me, this report is absolutely alarming," said Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut independent and the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, which released the report.


At a news conference on Capitol Hill, Lieberman said the northern border, which extends from Washington state to Maine, is providing "easy passage into America by extremists, terrorists and criminals whose purpose clearly is to harm the American people."



The report said the northern border, a quarter of which adjoins federal or tribal lands, poses a higher risk to public safety now than the U.S.-Mexico border. Lieberman said the northern border is nearly twice as long and is lined with large population centers that make it harder to detect criminal activity. In addition, he said, Canada now has more Islamist extremist groups than Mexico does.

"It is not too much to ask that our government be able to at least detect all illegal entries along the border, so we can get this information into the hands of law enforcement agencies that can then make the arrests," Lieberman said.


He added that the report by the Government Accountability Office, the watchdog arm of Congress, should be "an urgent call for action."

This is disturbing news. I've met many Canadians and they seemed like decent people, not islamists. :\

I wonder where the US is going to get the money to deal with the Canidian threat?

 

[Martin]

No amount of money is too much for national security. You need to build a 10m concrete wall (like the one Israel has, nothing less) along those 4000 miles, then hire an army of 40000 heavily armed border guards to keep watch.

Anything less is treason.

 

[IronWing]

Canada now has more Islamist extremist groups than Mexico does.

Exactly how many Islamic extremist groups does Mexico have?

 

[DesiPower]

you can never air tight your borders... this is a non-issue

 

[Schadenfroh]

The solution is simple, annex Canada.

 

[IronWing]

The solution is simple, annex Canada.

But then the US would have more Islamic extremist groups than Mexico and we'd have to invade ourselves.

 

[DesiPower]

But then the US would have more Islamic extremist groups than Mexico and we'd have to invade ourselves.

We already do

 

[iGas]

The solution is simple, annex Canada.

Certainly not with a lazy and obese American population. IMHO, it will be an American version of Operation Barbarossa if your leaders are stupid enough to entertain such idiotic idea.

 

[PeshakJang]

you can never air tight your borders... this is a non-issue

I have windows with screens, but somehow during the summer, a fly or two always manages to get in.

Guess I better get rid of my windows.

 

[silverpig]

Dear America,

Our Islamist extremists are too busy hunting moose and hiding from polar bears to worry about jihading you.

Thanks care,

Canada

 

[yllus]

Sometimes it's hard to look at our neighbours to the south and not consider you all giant pansies.

On the other hand it's probably not fair to attribute a nation's character to a douchebag like Lieberman.

 

[Scotteq]

The solution is simple, annex Canada.

We tried that during the War of 1812.



Got across the lakes

Saw the price of Gas

Left, and never came back.

 

[Texashiker]

More likely terrorist will come through mexico then canada. Venezuela is not exactly a friend of the USA.

Who knows, maybe some drug lord would like to see a nuke smuggled into the USA. If the flow of drugs can not be stopped, a suitcase nuke can not be stopped.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

The solution is simple, annex Canada.

Naw, let's just take their beer and whiskey (Crown Royal).

 

[Scotteq]

More likely terrorist will come through mexico then canada. Venezuela is not exactly a friend of the USA.

Who knows, maybe some drug lord would like to see a nuke smuggled into the USA. If the flow of drugs can not be stopped, a suitcase nuke can not be stopped.

The "problem" with Nuclear materials is they can be detected remotely.


Instead, I'm of the opinion that - if you really want to cause mayhem:


(Cheapest): Several teams of two people in SUV's with a Hunting rifle. Drive all over the place. Every morning, roll a single die: If the number (3, or whatever) comes up, they shoot someone that day. Any other number... keep going. The teams should cris~cross state and regional lines often as possible for maximum confusion. (low body count. Big News over a long period of time)


(much more expensive, but potentially huge): Load a Cropduster with chemical or biological agents. These are more difficult to detect at the borders than Radiological, almost as nasty, (Iran) has plenty of them, and small aircraft from local airports have little/no regulation or controls. Fly over a city and spray away, preferably as that city hosts a major outdoor sports event.