[MikefromOhio]

I'm not quite sure this "proves it" but I know one thing, if I were a terrorist, I know how I'd try to get in.

How would that be? Why go through this process when you can obtain a VISA much more easily? 19 out of 19 of the 9/11 hijackers were here legally. While I am not saying that it isn't possible, the terrorists ARE going to take what's given to them. Why send your operatives in the hard way when the easy way is just as wide open?

[HiJinx]

Good point, Mike, and I suspect most AQ operatives already here came in legally.

OTOH...that Mohammed woman who was arrested in McAllen Texas walked across the Rio Grande carrying $8,000 cash and an altered South African passport.

The fact is, they're coming in any way they think they can. Chances are pretty good she was on a watch list that prevented her from coming in on a visa.

[Chena]

Why send your operatives in the hard way when the easy way is just as wide open?

Do you really believe that operatives (terrorists) who would come across the border would be doing it the "hard way"? I do believe there are thousands and thousands of illegal aliens who have proved that theory to be incorrect. :)

[ozarkgirl]

19 out of 19 of the 9/11 hijackers were here legally.

19 of 19 of 9/11 hijackers were here before 9/11. Please don't feign ignorance. I would like to think that we can progress. Visas and airports are being diligently watched. I would go thru the area that isn't.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

heehee. Yes I can see it; the hijackers had pilot identities on them. Can you see an American Airlines 757 captain walking thru the desert? "Honest Officer, I am late for my plane!"

[babygene]

"Why send your operatives in the hard way when the easy way is just as wide open?"

Because they can carry the tools of their trade across the border (weapons of mass destruction), they can't check it in their luggage...