Re: "The attack of 9/11 was not an isolated instance of al-Qaida infiltration into the United States,

"Distributed by the Center for Immigration Studies, an advocate for 
stricter immigration policies, the report provides newly compiled 
data on U.S. terror arrests to illustrate gaps in the nation's 
border security, visa approval and immigration systems. It was 
written by Janice Kephart, who served as counsel to the 9/11 
Commission that investigated missteps leading to the Sept. 11, 2001, 
attacks."

Let us see, Jim, The Center for Immigration Studies lists as back 
ground contributors of articles and papers none other than Mark 
Levin (the famous F LEE LEVIN whom Rush Limbaugh defers to on all 
legal matters and Chairman of the Landmark Legal Foundation (a 
mellon scaife fundee if there ever was one)) and, (drumroll, please) 
Michelle Malkin (the extreme right wing agitator who often appears 
on Bill O'reilly's show when bill is about to go limp and needs a 
fresh infusion of psychotic, neocon intellectual viagra (Hold the 
luffa, baby!))

Prior to the above, we were treated to an article that asserts that 
Bolton is somehow a good choice because he is against the Tobin tax.

But then again, Jim, I am just a smear artist. Don't mind me if I 
have this automatic gag reflex that is invoked everytime I happen 
upon a steamy pile of bullshit. 




--- In cia-drugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jim Rarey" <jimrarey@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050830/D8CA09N80.html
> By LARA JAKES JORDAN 
> 
>      
> 
> WASHINGTON (AP) - Some used false documents to enter the United 
States; others let their legal visas expire once in the country. And 
at least 21 foreign nationals became naturalized U.S. citizens 
before being charged or convicted as terrorists. 
> 
> In all, at least 94 foreign-born visitors accused of terror 
activity between 1993 and 2004 exploited federal immigration laws to 
enter or remain in the United States, according to a study being 
released Tuesday. 
> 
> Distributed by the Center for Immigration Studies, an advocate for 
stricter immigration policies, the report provides newly compiled 
data on U.S. terror arrests to illustrate gaps in the nation's 
border security, visa approval and immigration systems. It was 
written by Janice Kephart, who served as counsel to the 9/11 
Commission that investigated missteps leading to the Sept. 11, 2001, 
attacks. 
> 
> "The attack of 9/11 was not an isolated instance of al-Qaida 
infiltration into the United States," the 46-page report found. 
> 
> "In fact, dozens of operatives both before and after 9/11 - other 
than the 9/11 hijackers - have managed to enter and embed themselves 
in the United States, actively carrying out plans to commit 
terrorist acts against U.S. interests or support designated foreign 
terrorist organizations," the report concluded. "For each to do so, 
they needed the guise of legal immigration status to support them." 
> 
> Overall, 59 of 94 foreign-born nationals who were either convicted 
or indicted on terror charges broke federal immigration laws to 
enter or remain in the country between 1993 and 2004, the report 
found. It also noted: 
> 
> _Twenty-two of the 94 either had student visas or other 
applications approving them to study in the United States; another 
17 used visitor visas to enter the country. 
> 
> _In at least 13 instances, suspected and convicted terrorists 
overstayed their temporary visas. 
> 
> _Seven of the 94 were indicted for using false driver's licenses, 
birth certificates, Social Security cards and immigration records. 
> 
> _Twenty-one became naturalized citizens. 
> 
> The report identified many of the immigrants as affiliated with at 
least one terror organization, including 40 with al-Qaida, 16 with 
Hamas, 16 with the Palestinian or Egyptian Islamic Jihad, and six 
with Hezbollah. 
> 
> Tightening U.S. borders has become a top priority for Homeland 
Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who last week called 
immigration enforcement an issue of utmost importance. The Homeland 
Security Department has enacted a slew of programs, including 
stricter background checks, visa security systems and sharing 
intelligence with international allies, to harden immigration laws 
against terrorists, spokesman Russ Knocke said. 
> 
> Since June 2003, the department has investigated 7,100 cases of 
immigrants suspected of violating temporary visas, resulting in 
1,339 arrests, Knocke said. 
> 
> New department programs "and others would have placed a 
significantly greater amount of scrutiny on the 9/11 hijackers, 
vastly improving the odds of stopping them before they could have 
completed their attacks," Knocke said. 
> 
> Recent studies indicate immigration-related cases made up for 
nearly 33 percent of all federal prosecutions last year, more than 
any other crime. 
> 
> A spokesman for the National Immigration Forum, an immigration 
advocacy group, did not immediately return telephone calls seeking 
comment Monday evening. 
> 
> ---




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