US security chief raises spectre of extremists crossing the border from Canada
The top U.S. domestic counter-terrorism official says more than a dozen people with suspected terrorist ties have attempted to enter the United States from Canada.
Under the headline: Michael Chertoff's deepest fears: Terrorists entering U.S. from Canada, the New York Daily News says Chertoff, in a recent interview, revealed "much more than a dozen" individuals with links to al-Qaida, Hezbollah and other extremist groups have been caught trying to enter the U.S. since 9-11.
Fox News contributor Dietl on Imus: "It looks like the pilgrimage in to Mecca, the amount of 'Aba Dabba Doos' that are coming in from Canada in to the United States"
Summary: On Imus in the Morning, Richard "Bo" Dietl said he was "pissed off" because the FBI is expending too many resources prosecuting mob criminals while ignoring the northern border of the United States: "Now, what bothers me is our borders up near Canada are opened up. It looks like the pilgrimage in to Mecca, the amount of 'Aba Dabba Doos' that are coming in from Canada in to the United States. ... We should take some of our great FBI agents and station them up there so they can make some oberservationtations [sic] about these guys, Al Swawahiwi [sic] and all his brothers and cousins coming through there."
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