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London bombs spur Congress to rethink visas
Under waiver program, jihadists from U.K., other nations can enter U.S.

By Tom Curry
National affairs writer
MSNBC
Updated: 7:49 p.m. ET July 13, 2005


WASHINGTON - Members of Congress with responsibility for homeland security were just beginning Wednesday to assess the implications of the news from Britain that the suicide bombers who killed 52 people in London last week were British citizens and thus would not have been subject to face-to-face visa interviews to enter the United States.

Since the United Kingdom is one of the 27 countries in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, jihadists from Britain â€â€