[azhenfud]

"Seems kinda stupid that we aren't doing this when we are worried about national security."

Homeland Security is a publicity sham with a wide open Southern border as it is. Tom Ridge is merely a well dressed frontman to fade the heat and "ease public distress", while not really capable of doing anything of substance for prostitute politicians like Cannon.

[dljordan]

Your characterization of Ridge is not exactly true. He's proposed lots of thing to make America safer. TIA comes to mind right of the bat and lets don't forget CAPPS. We don't have to protect our borders if we can track our citizens.