How can the ID phraseology be so hard? Asians have flat faces, flat eyes, flat foreheads. To wit:
Mideasterners have deepened eyes, sharp cheekbones and chins, pronounced orbital lobes, hawk noses:
Posted on 08/23/2007 10:26:48 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
PORT ANGELES - A car carrying four men reportedly sped through the U.S. Customs port of entry off the ferry from Victoria on Wednesday night.
The Port Angeles Police Department received a report through the PenCom dispatch center of the car failing to stop for inspection.
The car disembarked off the MV Coho at about 9:20 p.m. after the day's last southbound sailing.
It reportedly raced past the checkpoint so quickly that nobody could determine a license plate number or even the plates' jurisdiction.
The car turned left - or eastbound - onto Railroad Avenue from the port of entry, according to reports.
Police were looking for a four-door gray car or sport utility vehicle with four occupants, possibly Asian, headed east out of Port Angeles, said Sgt. Glen Roggenbuck.
Port Angeles police officers were unable to catch up with the vehicle and alerted the Clallam County Sheriff's Department and State Patrol, Roggenbuck said.
No more information was available Wednesday night. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at the scene declined comment.
Customs officers check all vehicles disembarking the Coho in covered lanes between the ferry landing and Railroad Avenue.
Citizenship verification is done by U.S. officials at the Coho's Black Ball Transport terminal in Victoria before passengers and motorists board the 341-foot ferry.
Terrorist captured in 1999 On Dec. 14, 1999, Customs officers uncovered an al-Qaida-trained Algerian national, Ahmed Ressam, at the same Port Angeles port of entry.
A trunkload of bomb-making materials were found inside the rented sedan he was driving.
Ressam fled on foot, but was quickly captured by customs inspectors in downtown Port Angeles.
Ressam was tried in federal court and found guilty of plotting to blow up a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport with the explosives and gear in the car.
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This was the same port of entry of an al-Qaida-trained Algerian national, Ahmed Ressam, in 1999.
A trunkload of bomb-making materials were found inside the rented sedan he was driving.
Ressam fled on foot, but was quickly captured by customs inspectors in downtown Port Angeles.
Ressam was tried in federal court and found guilty of plotting to blow up a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport with the explosives and gear in the car.
Is that Asian as in Oriental? or Asian as in Pakistani/Indian?
The way that term is used today -- especially in Europe -- makes it a nearly useless description,
It’s NOT a checkpoint if one can blow through and not be stopped, followed and captured or shot for the violation..
There is an increasing probability of another very violent attack by the ROP lunatics with large numbers of casualties — soon!
What kind of check point can you run through with impunity?
And why are there no security cameras recording everything that goes through?
There’s something very wrong with this story.
Gosh. Don’t these guys have radios?
How can the ID phraseology be so hard? Asians have flat faces, flat eyes, flat foreheads. To wit:
Mideasterners have deepened eyes, sharp cheekbones and chins, pronounced orbital lobes, hawk noses:
I’ve been on that ferry as a walk-on passenger so I don’t know to what extent the cars and trucks are inspected. I do know each passenger has to go through customs.
Inside job for drugs, perhaps.
IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS ON THIS FERRY
1. What identification is necessary when crossing the U.S./Canada border?
Identification is necessary for Customs and Immigrations. Due to heightened security at the border crossing all travelers are encouraged to travel with a passport. If you are a United States or Canadian born citizen a valid driver’s license is sufficient, however we strongly recommend an original birth certificate or certified copy of a birth certificate. Please carry photo identification with you!
2. What identification do children need?
Adults are required to provide identification and proof of citizenship for each child or infant. If only one parents is traveling with the child, they must have written authorization from the other parent or proof of custody along with a telephone number where they can be reached to verify the authorization.
3. What if you are not a United States or Canadian born citizen?
If you are not a United States or Canadian born citizen you’ll be required to have a passport and possibly a visa.
4. What do U.S. Permanent Residents require?
A Permanent Resident or holder of the immigration “green card” needs to present a valid card at the border.
I have been on that ferry several times over many years and it usually involved slow moving traffic in several very slow moving lines. This is way out of character for that ferry landing. The terrorists knew ahead of time they could blow through the U.S. Customs checkpoint. I wonder how much explosives they had?
As mentioned it may be nothing, but the actions of the paper up there with the refusal to print photos and the lack of real barriers and cameras at a "checkpoint" tell me if I am a terrorist where I get a free ride and even a wave, a smile, and a hand.
May I be the first to say:
“Isolated incident, not related to terrorism.”
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Thanks for posting. This is upsetting.
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