By now you think they would have understood, Congress that is.In the aftermath of the subprime mortgage collapse there have emerged all sorts of clips of people sounding the alarm over the years about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Not only did Congress ignore them, but they PRAISED these GSEs for the fine work they were doing.
And they slept through the ringing alarms prior to 9/11.
Well, they’re at it again.
Here’s a report to Congress on evidence of terrorists entering through our Southern Border, prepared by the House in October of 2006.
And here’s a report from the Government Accountability Office dated May 2008 revealing that even large trucks can successfully enter the United States undetected:
Just last month the FBI issued a report revealing that long delays in adding terrorist names to the watch list are leaving us vulnerable at our borders.
And professors from Stanford and George Mason, specialists in risk analysis, reported last month that a non-Mexican terrorist had a 97.3% chance of entering undetected through our Southern Border.
So, I suppose a terrorist could try to get a visa and walk in through Customs at JFK or LAX. But the odds are much better if they enter Mexico amidst the chaos and simply walk in. Besides, there’s no excess baggage fee if you don’t fly.
So, is all this just fear-mongering? Or is there evidence of terrorist groups already present at the Southern Border?
Well, Homeland Security studied the matter earlier this year in a program called Operation Red Zone. Here’s what they found:
A secret intelligence mission recently conducted along the southern border of the United States found that drug cartels are teaming with terrorists to exploit the numerous vulnerabilities along the sparsely defended 2,000-mile Mexican border.
The mission, dubbed Operation Red Zone was conducted in February and March by the Army’s Asymmetrical Warfare Group (AWG). The clandestine intelligence gathering organization is a 350-member special mission unit that works to identify critical threats and enemy and friendly vulnerabilities through global first-hand observations, the Army says.
Red Zone investigators discovered numerous alien smuggling and drug trafficking operations along the border. Perpetrators are using maritime surface craft, semi-submersible watercraft, ultra-light aircraft and possess the capability [to] utilize other potential aerial infiltration techniques to circumvent ground border protection capabilities,according to Asymmetric Observations Along the U.S.- Mexican Border released May 14 by the Army to federal and state law enforcement agencies.
Link: http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/06/06/army-report-drug-cartels-terrorists-infiltrate-us/
And this Washington Times article from March 27, 2009
EXCLUSIVE: Hezbollah uses Mexican drug routes into U.S.
Friday, March 27, 2009 Washington Times
Sara A. Carter
Hezbollah is using the same southern narcotics routes that Mexican drug kingpins do to smuggle drugs and people into the United States, reaping money to finance its operations and threatening U.S. national security, current and former U.S. law enforcement, defense and counterterrorism officials say.
The Iran-backed Lebanese group has long been involved in narcotics and human trafficking in South America's tri-border region of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. Increasingly, however, it is relying on Mexican narcotics syndicates that control access to transit routes into the U.S.
Hezbollah relies on "the same criminal weapons smugglers, document traffickers and transportation experts as the drug cartels," said Michael Braun, who just retired as assistant administrator and chief of operations at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
"They work together," said Mr. Braun. "They rely on the same shadow facilitators. One way or another, they are all connected.
"They'll leverage those relationships to their benefit, to smuggle contraband and humans into the U.S.; in fact, they already are [smuggling]."
His comments were confirmed by six U.S. officials, including law enforcement, defense and counterterrorism specialists. They spoke on the condition that they not be named because of the sensitivity of the topic.
Link: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/27/hezbollah-uses-mexican-drug-routes-into-us/
Please wake up, Congress. Let’s not have another disaster.
And professors from Stanford and George Mason, specialists in risk analysis, reported last month that a non-Mexican terrorist had a 97.3% chance of entering undetected through our Southern Border.
So, I suppose a terrorist could try to get a visa and walk in through Customs at JFK or LAX. But the odds are much better if they enter Mexico amidst the chaos and simply walk in. Besides, there’s no excess baggage fee if you don’t fly.
So, is all this just fear-mongering? Or is there evidence of terrorist groups already present at the Southern Border?
Well, Homeland Security studied the matter earlier this year in a program called Operation Red Zone. Here’s what they found:
A secret intelligence mission recently conducted along the southern border of the United States found that drug cartels are teaming with terrorists to exploit the numerous vulnerabilities along the sparsely defended 2,000-mile Mexican border.
The mission, dubbed Operation Red Zone was conducted in February and March by the Army’s Asymmetrical Warfare Group (AWG). The clandestine intelligence gathering organization is a 350-member special mission unit that works to identify critical threats and enemy and friendly vulnerabilities through global first-hand observations, the Army says.
Red Zone investigators discovered numerous alien smuggling and drug trafficking operations along the border. Perpetrators are using maritime surface craft, semi-submersible watercraft, ultra-light aircraft and possess the capability [to] utilize other potential aerial infiltration techniques to circumvent ground border protection capabilities,according to Asymmetric Observations Along the U.S.- Mexican Border released May 14 by the Army to federal and state law enforcement agencies.
Link: http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/06/06/army-report-drug-cartels-terrorists-infiltrate-us/
And this Washington Times article from March 27, 2009
EXCLUSIVE: Hezbollah uses Mexican drug routes into U.S.
Friday, March 27, 2009 Washington Times
Sara A. Carter
Hezbollah is using the same southern narcotics routes that Mexican drug kingpins do to smuggle drugs and people into the United States, reaping money to finance its operations and threatening U.S. national security, current and former U.S. law enforcement, defense and counterterrorism officials say.
The Iran-backed Lebanese group has long been involved in narcotics and human trafficking in South America's tri-border region of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. Increasingly, however, it is relying on Mexican narcotics syndicates that control access to transit routes into the U.S.
Hezbollah relies on "the same criminal weapons smugglers, document traffickers and transportation experts as the drug cartels," said Michael Braun, who just retired as assistant administrator and chief of operations at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
"They work together," said Mr. Braun. "They rely on the same shadow facilitators. One way or another, they are all connected.
"They'll leverage those relationships to their benefit, to smuggle contraband and humans into the U.S.; in fact, they already are [smuggling]."
His comments were confirmed by six U.S. officials, including law enforcement, defense and counterterrorism specialists. They spoke on the condition that they not be named because of the sensitivity of the topic.
Link: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/27/hezbollah-uses-mexican-drug-routes-into-us/
Please wake up, Congress. Let’s not have another disaster.
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