Just plane ridiculous: Security lapse forces second airline diversion in a week
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=83622
(snippet)Although an FBI spokeswoman said the agency is not pursuing charges, a source familiar with the situation said the man used to live in Boston and was investigated extensively by the FBI's local office.
He now faces potential deportation for trying to enter the country illegally, the source said.
U.S. fears terrorist abuse of merchant mariner IDs
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=8521275
GAO: Lack of security clearances jeopardizes maritime security
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0505/051705c1.htm
Seaports still seen vulnerable to attacks
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/bal-te.port18may18,0,5850351.story?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines
Middle Eastern leader lands at Pease
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/05182005/news/42852.htm
(snip)Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the head of state and of the royal family of Qatar, passed through Portsmouth Tuesday, landing at the airport on his way to Kennebunkport, Maine, for a visit with George Herbert Walker Bush at the former president’s home.
While countless ME types enter through our porous northern and southern geographic borders. Either we are serious about people here illegally, or we're not. For 10,000-30,000 annually, it appears we are not. We must enforce our existing laws to the letter, or they are meaningless.