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Homeland defense:A call to the churches © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com The most perilous attitude Americans could have right now is overconfidence. There is a good reason the Bush administration continues to urge vigilance, despite our success in Afghanistan. "We have to assume," a senior White House official told the New York Times in December, "that since there were cells prior to Sept. 11 buried in the United States for some time, there might be others. This is the most dangerous fact for American security right now." It should be remembered also that even without Afghanistan as a safe haven, al-Qaida cells can still...

Thursday, October 17, 2002 By Tim Steller ARIZONA DAILY STAR LOCHIEL, Ariz. - Members of an armed citizens patrol seized about 280 pounds of marijuana Tuesday and Wednesday from smugglers crossing a ranch owned by The Nature Conservancy. About 13 volunteers for the group, called Ranch Rescue, http://www.ranchrescue.com/ have been working near Lochiel since Saturday in their first mission aimed at surveillance, rather than cleanups at border-area ranches. An official of The Nature Conservancy said Wednesday night the group was unaware Ranch Rescue members had been operating on the San Antonio Ranch, about 65 miles south of Tucson. Tom Collazo,...