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"CAIR OK'd to meet in Capitol"
By S.A. Miller
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
March 12, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A House Democrat has arranged for a conference room in the Capitol building to be used tomorrow by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim advocacy group criticized for its persistent refusal to disavow terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
The District-based group also is singled out by other Democratic lawmakers and some law-enforcement officials because of financial ties to terrorists.
Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., New Jersey Democrat, reserved the basement conference room for CAIR's panel discussion Tuesday titled "Global Attitudes on Islam-West Relations: U.S. Policy Implications.""
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"CAIR OK'd to meet in Capitol" -Page 2
By S.A. Miller
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
March 12, 2007
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"U.S. visa policy greenlights terror"
Posted: March 12, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
WASHINGTON –
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The basis for that threat is the "Visa Waiver Program" between the U.S. and Great Britain.
The program allows anyone subject to the VWP to sidestep in-place security procedures that screen for terrorists.
British security officials have revealed there are some 200 cells involving more than 1,600 people. Many under surveillance have links back to al-Qaida in Pakistan.
"Through those links, al-Qaida gives guidance and training to its largely British foot soldiers here on an extensive and growing scale," a British security official said.
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Last year, British authorities broke up a transatlantic plot by some 24 British citizens of Pakistani origin to detonate explosives carried on board several airliners traveling from the UK to the U.S.
Great Britain, however, is but one of 27 countries whose citizens are not required to obtain visas to enter the U.S.
The other countries under the Visa Waiver Program are Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The GAO also identified several weaknesses with the VWP. Most citizens from VWP countries may enter the U.S. visa-free for up to 90 days. They thereby avoid security screening.
Within that period of time, however, terrorists can perform their operation and disappear."