Otrageous tidbit from Gerald Posner's "Why America Slept."

self | 3/23/04 | drew

[drew]

"Senior CIA officers complained to the president's national security team about their frustration with the FBI and warned that America was vulnerable to Islamic terrorists entering on legal visas and setting up sleeper cells. Reagan responded in September 1986 by forming an interagency task force, the Alien Border Control Committee (ABCC), whose purpose was to block entry of suspected terrorists and to deport militants who either had come into the country illegally or had overstayed their visas (emphasis mine). The CIA and FBI joined the ABCC effort.

Six months after its formation, the ABCC had its first notable success. The CIA tipped off the FBI to a group of suspected Palestinian terrorists in Los Angeles. The Bureau arrested eight men. But instead of being lauded, the Bureau and the Agency came under harsh attack from civil liberties groups who argued that the ABCC should be banned from using any information the CIA gained from the government's routine processing of visa requests. Congressman Barney Frank, the Massachusetts Democrat who was a strong advocate of protecting civil liberties, led a successful effort to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act so that membership in a terrorist group was no longer sufficient to deny a visa (emphasis mine). Rendered toothless by the Frank amendment, the Reagan administration had virtually no way to block entry visas even when there was information linking the individuals to terrorist groups" (pp. 16-17).

[drew]

Thank you Barney Frank, and all you other leftists who love civil liberties so much that you would gladly sacrifice thousands of lives for the sake of principle. Unbelievable!

[drew]

Make that "Outrageous."

[The Wizard]

posner is a little dipshit asshole who does and writes what he's told by the bad folks in the agency

[Thud]

ping

[mercy]

"...love civil liberties so much ..."

I'm sure you were aware of the irony in that quote. The only liberty Frank and the rats value is the freedom to violate the law of nature and to escape any responsibility for their thorougly licentious lifestyles. What they really do love is more rat voters flooding in like a torrent.

[general_re]

Lemme guess - you didn't care for "Case Closed".

[rageaholic]

why should we allow arab immigration at all? Bin Laden popularity rating in muslim world is over 80%. Yet, when I go through JFK international airport, I see turban headed Sheiks followed by women wearing sacks over their heads, trailed by little sandal-clad turds. Why are they here? What benefit do we get that outweighs the risks? "Diversity" is not a benefit and we already have enough taxi drivers and convenience store clerks.

[henderson field]

"Why should we allow arab immigration at all?"
That's what I'd like to know.

[ckilmer]

Please give the source and hyperlink for this!

[drew]

I checked out Posner's "Why America Slept" from the library. The quotes are from the book. I posted it because I couldn't believe what I read and wonder how Frank is still office. Also solidifies why I'll never vote Democrat.