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Canada worse than Mexico for U.S. border security

Ed Note: But hey, they speak English in Canada so it isn’t a problem is it!

Uncle Sam, occupied by the possibility of would-be terrorists among illegal aliens crossing its borders from Mexico, is now looking at Canada.

A recent U.S. government report says it would be easy to smuggle dangerous materials into the United States.

And if anyone wants to smuggle dangerous materials into the U.S., they have the more than 8,000 kilometers of US-Canada border to do so.

The independent Government Accountability Office (GAO) sent investigators to test how easily they could transfer large red duffel bags at four unguarded and unmonitored spots along the more than eight thousand kilometers of U.S. Canada border.

“The GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, described in a 13-page report delivered to Congress Thursday how easily they were able to penetrate the border at several spots.” (Canadian Press and Associated Press, Sept. 27, 2007. “The report claims that (it) shows how easy it would be to bring in radioactive material and other contraband.”

At a Capitol Hill hearing, U.S. Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado says there’s been far too much focus on the border with Mexico and not enough on the Canadian line.

Senator Salazar claims there are more international terrorist organizations in Canada than anywhere else in the world.

Senator Salazar is right.

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