Seal the Canadian Border
Maybe its just me, but it seems these stories are becoming more frequent as our dollar rises in value.
A 2006 report from the Nixon Center, a Washington, D.C., policy institute, quoted a senior FBI official as saying that Canada is the most worrisome terrorist point of entry and that al Qaida training manuals advise terrorists to enter the United States from Canada.
The report concluded that "despite widespread alarms raised over terrorist infiltration from Mexico, we found no terrorist presence in Mexico and a number of Canadian-based terrorists who have entered the United States."
I grew up close to the border and have a number of relatives on the southern side of it. While sealing the vast hinterlands is virtually impossible, the step-up at the legal crossings is quite noticeable.
Little wonder tourism has taken a dive even though the falling US dollar should make it more attractive.
