Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

The checkered past at State Department
Washington Times ^ | 6/28/02 | Martin Gross

Posted on 06/27/2002 10:28:49 PM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:55:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

In early June, Attorney General John Ashcroft came up with an intelligent plan to fingerprint and photograph some 100,000 Middle Eastern visa holders a year to be better able to track them while here in the United States. The idea was particularly sound since of the 19 hijackers on September 11 all but one had come here legally through the State Department visa system, and 12 were still legally here at the moment of devastation.


(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS:

1 posted on 06/27/2002 10:28:49 PM PDT by kattracks
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson