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Some 9/11 hijackers would still get through
telegraph.co.uk ^ | June 30, 2009 | Duncan Gardham

Posted on 06/30/2009 6:55:17 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Four of the September 11 hijackers would have got through America's travel screening procedures introduced since the attacks, the US Secretary of Homelands Security has said.

In an interview in London, Janet Napolitano said screening procedures have been improved since the attacks eight years ago, adding: "All but four of the attackers would have been picked up."

But she said: "You can't thermoseal entry to the US. We have to be ever vigilant."

The US has seen Britain as a potential jumping-off for terrorists attacking the US but Ms Napolitano emphasised the country was a "close ally" and had much to teach the US about fighting radicialisation.

She also ruled out a review of the "visa waiver scheme" operating between Britain and the US, saying the issue was "settled."

Ms Napolitano, the Obama Administration's new Secretary for Homelands Security, was speaking during a press interview following her visit to Britain to meet Alan Johnson, the new Home Secretary for the first time.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911hijackers; bhodhs; bhouk; bordersecurity; napolitano

1 posted on 06/30/2009 6:55:17 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Guess she wants to give the would-be hijackers some hope so they keep trying.


2 posted on 06/30/2009 6:56:53 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Free ThinkerNY

My wife flew back to Vermont from Oregon recently and had her tube of toothpaste confiscated.


3 posted on 06/30/2009 6:58:59 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Without profiling, I think everyone of them would still make it through, in today’s world.


4 posted on 06/30/2009 6:59:18 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: Cicero

Only because she fits the non-profile profile so we can be said not to be profiling.


5 posted on 06/30/2009 7:00:57 PM PDT by FreeSouthernAmerican (All we ask is to be let alone----Jefferson Davis)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

An armed platoon of nude machine gunners could get past that progressive bimbo.


6 posted on 06/30/2009 7:02:47 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Free ThinkerNY

No matter how secure the airports and seaports are, as long as our border with Mexico is porous, the country is in danger.


7 posted on 06/30/2009 7:12:15 PM PDT by OldDeckHand (Palin/Petraeus in '12)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Good Grief! Why doesn’t she just send them an invitation? Hope and change, you change the HS director, then hope the terrorists can’t read English. Thanks, Jan baby.


8 posted on 06/30/2009 7:37:00 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: Cicero

It was probably Ultrabright. That stuff burns when it gets in your eyes. She could have taken out both pilots and the stewardesses.

parsy, who gets frightened thinking about these nightmare scenarios.


9 posted on 06/30/2009 8:15:04 PM PDT by parsifal ("Knock and ye shall receive!" (The Bible, somewhere.))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

With luck, the’ll hit Hollywood next time.


10 posted on 06/30/2009 9:03:01 PM PDT by TonyInOhio ( It is hot in Suez. The dice are on the table.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Heck yeah Janet, you tell ‘em..! If those guys did anything really eggregious —like attend a VFW function or post here at FR— and they’d be locked up until Kingdom come..!


11 posted on 06/30/2009 9:07:55 PM PDT by gaijin
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