Thread: Chertoff: European terrorists trying to enter US

Jul 18, 4:21 AM EDT


Chertoff: European terrorists trying to enter US

By EILEEN SULLIVAN
Associated Press Writer



WASHINGTON (AP) -- European terrorists are trying to enter the United States with European Union passports, and there is no guarantee officials will catch them every time, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday.

Chertoff's comments on Capitol Hill comes as the country is entering a potentially vulnerable period with the presidential nominating conventions coming up next month; the presidential election in November; and the transition to a new administration in January - all of which may be attractive targets for terrorists.

In his last scheduled appearance before the House Homeland Security Committee, Chertoff said that the more time and space al-Qaida and its allies have to recruit, train, experiment and plan, the more problems the U.S. and Europe will face down the road.

"The terrorists are deliberately focusing on people who have legitimate Western European passports, who don't appear to have records as terrorists," Chertoff told lawmakers. "I have a good degree of confidence we can catch people coming in. But I have to tell you ... there's no guarantee. And they are working very hard to slip by us."

Chertoff and other intelligence officials have delivered similar warnings before, and he offered no new information about specific threats or an imminent attack.

Chertoff reiterated his concern that terrorists could sneak radiological material into the country on small boats or private aircraft. This material could be used to create an explosive device known as a "dirty bomb."

The Homeland Security Department has a strategy to protect against this small boat vulnerability and is testing radiation detection equipment in Seattle and San Diego ports.

Chertoff said that getting out a regulation to prescreen and enhance security of general aviation aircraft coming to the U.S. from overseas is one of his top priorities.

He also said he expects to approve new radiation detection technology this fall.

Responding to a question from Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, Chertoff dismissed any rumor that he is on a list of potential running mates for Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Chertoff quipped that the only list he has for next year is a list of vacations.

Chertoff's term as the country's second Homeland Security Secretary ends when a new administration takes over the White House in January.

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Simply close the door until we can ID people

Do you realize how fast the wheels would start working, then

please tell me this idiot isnt just now getting the news reports that we have talked about on here for A YEAR

He's just Preping you for the next false flag attack

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"I have a good degree of confidence we can catch people coming in. But I have to tell you ... there's no guarantee. And they are working very hard to slip by us."

Chertoff , You Idiot . ALL they need to do is Walk in here . Just follow the pile of trash from the Southern Border . DHS is a Hell of a Waste of our borrowed money

The one option he left out as a solution is the one that is so obvious to all of us.

CLOSE AND SECURE OUR DANG BORDERS!!!!

Since that's not an acceptable option for their puppetmasters they can't talk about that one I suppose.

For a bunch that tries to be so secretive, isn't it ironic how transparent the yo-yo's in the Jorge Boosh administration are?

Hey Chertoff, just tell your European terrorists to cross our open Southern border any night they please under your watch!

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European terrorists are trying to enter the United States with European Union passports, and there is no guarantee officials will catch them every time, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday.

Uhh...They can simply walk across our southern border at will and your worried about European Union passports.

I would be more concerned with a terrorist walking across our southern border and then acquiring a mexican passport at any one of the convenient "mobile consulates" that mexico has been allowed to operate with impunity in this country, since a mexican passport allows these people virtually free reign in this country, despite not having a valid visa stamp!!

May I point out that European terrorists are in fact "European"? Our world is going to be a global hell hole soon.