"And you choose Not to believe the CBP report of possible terrorists"
Perhaps I just don't believe the DN report of a CBP report of possible terrorists, since no other report reported it.
"this group has the same basic beliefs of our enemies, whether or not they espouse the same terroristic beliefs."
Without qualifying it more, your statment could egually apply to a group of Christians and Jews.
Whatever side they were erring on , they WERE erring -
Which our CBP should NOT be doing at all.
But either these agents did not realize they were erring, or worse did not care, and went out of their way to "err", and the CBP seems to be in CYA mode.
... which was the whole damn point of this thread.
Perhaps I just don't believe the DN report of a CBP report of possible terrorists, since no other report reported it.
From the AP story:A spokeswoman for Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection said agents stopped anyone who said they attended the three-day convention, titled "Reviving the Islamic Spirit," based on information that such gatherings can be a means for terrorists to promote their cause.
A reasonable suspicion in this day and age, and no one, except you possibly, is perfect.
The CBP men and women have a very tough job and need to make decisions on a case by case basis. They are given guidelines to help, and a situation like this. That is all that one can do when faced with a dilemma that MAY cause serious repercussions down the line. People visit the Statue of Liberty everyday and are made to wait on lines to pass throught extremely tight, Airport-like screening to board a ferry, they then have to go through the same thing at the Statue if they wish to go inside. Why? Because that's the nature of the world today and we, the American people, are faced with an insidious and cowardly enemy who has no regard for life, not even his own.
How exactly should we deal with an enemy who hides in civilian clothes and will destroy anything and everything that does not meet the Islamofascist standards? You have offered no solutions yourself, but have created much divisivness and speak of American citizens doing their jobs to the best of their ability and trying to protect America from another attack, as if they were the enemy.
Anyone traveling through an airport is subjected to similar invasive procedures, and have to arrive 2 to 3 hours early for their flights, that's just the way it is right now.
Man survives by adapting and we have adapted as best we can for now.
What do you suggest, take people's word for it that they ARE citizens and are not here to do any harm?
We already have several known cases and convictions concerning American citizens, native and naturalized, that have advocated the destruction of our country and have acted upon it as well.
A fingerprint may not prove citizenship in all cases, but it may prove a criminal history and possibly a terrorist one, depending on available records.
Until a BETTER system is developed we have to live with it, unless you can offer a solution to resolve the problem of dealing with the enemy at border crossings and elsewhere.