Nbadan
10-15-2004, 01:43 PM
Nothing like scaring the people a little before the election...
OTTAWA - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said in Ottawa on Thursday that people with ties to terrorism are being blocked at border points from entering the U.S. every day.
"There isn't a day that goes by, literally, where a couple of people aren't turned away from our borders because they are associated in some manner, shape or form with terrorists or terror-related organizations," said Ridge, who made the remarks during a meeting with Public Safety and Security Minister Anne McLellan.
... U.S. officials said later that between January and September 2004, 1,100 people have been turned away: some of them for having criminal records, some of them because they had potential links to terrorists.
... But those who live close to the border say the threat to American security is being exaggerated. Roger Gallaway, a Liberal MP who represents Sarnia – one of the busiest crossings between Canada and the U.S. – says many who try to enter the U.S. are recorded as having ties to terrorism when such ties don't exist.
more..
CBC (http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/10/14/ridge041013.html)
But, then, if not for public scare tactics and exploiting 911, what else does the Bush Campaign have?
OTTAWA - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said in Ottawa on Thursday that people with ties to terrorism are being blocked at border points from entering the U.S. every day.
"There isn't a day that goes by, literally, where a couple of people aren't turned away from our borders because they are associated in some manner, shape or form with terrorists or terror-related organizations," said Ridge, who made the remarks during a meeting with Public Safety and Security Minister Anne McLellan.
... U.S. officials said later that between January and September 2004, 1,100 people have been turned away: some of them for having criminal records, some of them because they had potential links to terrorists.
... But those who live close to the border say the threat to American security is being exaggerated. Roger Gallaway, a Liberal MP who represents Sarnia – one of the busiest crossings between Canada and the U.S. – says many who try to enter the U.S. are recorded as having ties to terrorism when such ties don't exist.
more..
CBC (http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/10/14/ridge041013.html)
But, then, if not for public scare tactics and exploiting 911, what else does the Bush Campaign have?