Here is an e-mail I just got a few minutes ago. I think that Chertoff is afraid he may get sued if illegals or terrorists started those fires in California. The person shot by the police in San Bernadino was from Arizonia.


From: Colin Hanna
Date: 10/24/2007 7:54:23 PM
To: Let Freedom Ring
Subject: DHS Secretary Chertoff, environmental laws and the fence.


Good news! DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff did exercise his authority to
waive environmental laws and order resumption of the construction of the
southern border fence. Here’s the story:

Environmental Laws Waived to Press Work on Border Fence
By JULIA PRESTON – The New York Times Newspaper
Published: October 23, 2007

Michael Chertoff, the homeland security secretary, waived several
environmental laws yesterday to continue building a border fence through a
national conservation area in Arizona, bypassing a federal court ruling
that had suspended the fence construction.

Citing “unacceptable risks to our nation’s securityâ€