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Border patrol has bear of time stopping terrorists from north
The Washington Times ^ | 6/6/2010 | Sean Lengell

Posted on 06/07/2010 8:53:17 AM PDT by Outside da Box

As if fighting terrorism weren't complicated enough, the United States has a new national security threat to worry about: grizzly bears.

Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee say that environmental laws protecting grizzlies and other wild animals along rural portions of the U.S.-Canada border have handcuffed U.S. Border Patrol and Department of Homeland Security agents, potentially making it easier for would-be terrorists to slip into the country.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bishop; blamecanada; border; borderpatrol; nationalsecurity; security; terrorism; waronterror

1 posted on 06/07/2010 8:53:18 AM PDT by Outside da Box
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To: Outside da Box

Hmmmm... perhaps we should introduce grizzly bears to the US/Mexico border areas.


2 posted on 06/07/2010 8:56:19 AM PDT by avacado
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To: Outside da Box
Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee say that environmental laws protecting grizzlies and other wild animals along rural portions of the U.S.-Canada border have handcuffed U.S. Border Patrol and Department of Homeland Security agents, potentially making it easier for would-be terrorists to slip into the country.

I'd think the grizzly bears would be better deterrents to any would-be terrorists trying to slip into the country than the under-manned Border patrol.
3 posted on 06/07/2010 8:56:55 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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just a bunch of worthless gubmint types tryin to get more power.


4 posted on 06/07/2010 8:58:27 AM PDT by OldCorps
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interfering with the animal’s normal migration and breeding patterns...they tried the same B.S. argument against the Mexico border fence


5 posted on 06/07/2010 9:40:42 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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