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12-12-2007, 11:19 PM #1
Homegrown' Attack More Likely in U.S., Chertoff Says
Homegrown' Attack More Likely in U.S., Chertoff Says (Update1)
By Jeff Bliss
Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- A ``homegrown'' terrorist is more likely to attack the U.S. than a group from overseas, and the consequences wouldn't be as devastating, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said.
``It's much harder in a free country to prevent a single person from getting their hands on a weapon,'' Chertoff told reporters on a conference call. Such an attack, though, probably ``will be less cataclysmic'' than those on Sept. 11, 2001, he said today.
Chertoff said the U.S. still faces ``a somewhat heightened threat'' because of al-Qaeda's success in reconstituting itself within safe havens in Pakistan, a warning the Bush administration first issued in July. Yet U.S. authorities have had success in deterring overseas militants from getting into the country, he said.
Chertoff, previewing a speech he gave this afternoon to political and anti-terrorism analysts in Washington, stressed the need for Americans to remain vigilant.
Homeland Security and law enforcement officials can never guarantee they'll be aware of all terrorists within the country because of the broad access to firearms, bomb-making materials and radical Internet Web sites, Chertoff said.
``The price of freedom is a certain amount'' of risk, he said.
Driver's Licenses
Chertoff said in 2008 he plans to more vigorously defend his department's program of getting states to issue driver's licenses that are difficult to forge.
Civil libertarians who question the program must justify ``why I should rejoice in the fact a 16-year-old can get on a computer and make an ID and pretend to be me,'' he said.
State officials have criticized the Bush administration for not providing more money to help them convert to the new licenses. Chertoff said he would lobby Congress for more money.
Next year's priorities also include erecting 670 miles of vehicle barriers and fencing on the Southwestern border, he said.
Chertoff, one of President George W. Bush's lead negotiators on failed legislation creating a temporary worker program, said during his speech, ``I am not prepared to give up on some comprehensive reform'' of U.S. immigration law.
Last Updated: December 12, 2007 15:14 EST
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12-12-2007, 11:25 PM #2
You ever see a leopard change his spots?
No? Me either. Same old Chertoff. Nothing's changed.
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12-12-2007, 11:29 PM #3
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I am not prepared to give up on some comprehensive reform'' of U.S. immigration law.
These idiots know that terrorists have already crossed our border; so now the plan is to call it homegrown terror rather than Terrorists that have crossed our borders. They do not want the borders closed or the traffic to slow on our borders ... so it now becomes a homegrown issue.
You are nothing more than a glorified Barnie Fife... although I would trust his judgement 10 times more than any corrupt bull sh_t you try to sling
I want these corrupt pieces of worthless nutrient free cow dung (Bush, Chertoff) brought up on charges to face the public in courtJoin our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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12-12-2007, 11:59 PM #4
If we do have another attack it will be the fault of DHS. They have done NOTHING to protect our country. Ron Paul says they need to be dissolved. I am with him on that. They are usesless. They can't even secure our borders and ports. Also I feel that it will come from within as King Geroge does not want to give up his dictatorship.
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12-13-2007, 12:11 AM #5Homeland Security and law enforcement officials can never guarantee they'll be aware of all terrorists within the country because of the broad access to firearms, bomb-making materials and radical Internet Web sites, Chertoff said.
The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.
Franklin D. Roosevelt"Distrust and caution are the parents of security."
Benjamin Franklin
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12-13-2007, 12:42 AM #6
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We need to clean out our country - and now.
How can they stand there with their faces hanging out and issue this kind of warning when they are doing nothing to prevent it.
They are talking a fence to cure everything - while admitting our enemy is already here -
Clean out this country - stop playing games.Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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12-13-2007, 01:51 PM #7
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So, we are now in MORE danger of homegrown attacks - Ok, so why are we all over the world again?
Now, because of this new "homegrown threat" <-- new keyword, we will now have to have a REAL ID.
hmmmmm.... don't we all see what is happening here?
.. AND as Chertoff (dual citizenship and co-author of the Patriot Act), tells s of the homegrown threat, our borders are WIDE OPEN!
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12-13-2007, 02:51 PM #8
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Well, didn't we sit and listent to the drumbeat of war and how we are at war with terrorists, and so forth and so on - while leaving the border totally open.
Then the President makes a speech in which he admits that those who are caught who are OTM, other than MExican, are turned loose with a promise to come back to be deported.
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12-16-2007, 11:05 PM #9
AirborneSnapper wrote
These idiots know that terrorists have already crossed our border; so now the plan is to call it homegrown terror rather than Terrorists that have crossed our borders.Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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12-16-2007, 11:30 PM #10
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You got that one right, Airborne, it will be another excuse for implementing marshall law nation wide. They will make it look like we are doing it to ourselves while keeping the truth from us.Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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