Most of the Sept. 11 hijackers entered the United States Legally
It was the fact that
they entered the country legally -- and thus did not arouse suspicion
-- that made them dangerous.
WHAT DOES immigration reform have to do with fixing the nation's system
for gathering intelligence? Absolutely nothing. But don't try telling
that to 67 renegade House Republicans who were so intent on scoring
points with the anti-immigration crowd that they nearly hijacked an
intelligence reform bill intended to respond to the attacks of Sept.
11, 2001. The rebels included Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan
Hunter and House Judiciary Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. Joining
in was Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of Huntington Beach, a longtime foe of
illegal immigration who now wants to amend the Constitution to let
legal immigrants (like, say, California's Republican governor, Arnold
Schwarzenegger) run for president. The Republican lawmakers insisted
that the version of the intelligence bill that cleared the Senate
didn't do enough to secure our country's borders. And they were
incensed that the bill didn't prohibit states from issuing driver's
licenses to illegal immigrants -- a controversial issue that might be
better left to the states to sort out. It's possible he has forgotten
that most of the Sept. 11 hijackers entered the United States legally.
Americans equate illegal with dangerous. They need to stop that. When
something is illegal, it's wrong, but that doesn't make it dangerous.
In the case of most of the Sept. 11 hijackers, it was the fact that
they entered the country legally -- and thus did not arouse suspicion
-- that made them dangerous. And while we're at it, can we stop lumping
terrorists with illegal immigrants? Terrorists want to do us harm. Most
illegal immigrants just want to do our lawns, our cooking and our
laundry. [more]
"Well, I had just been told by (White House Chief of Staff) Andrew Card
that America was under attack. And I was collecting my thoughts," Bush
said. "I think what's important is how I reacted when I realized
America was under attack. It didn't take me long to figure out we were
at war." Bush
on Larry King (CNN) defending his lengthy pause in a Florida
classroom when he was first told of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the
United States. [more]
Pictured above: Bush posted & chilling on September 11th. Chief
of Staff Andrew Card came over and whispered in Bush's ear, "A second
plane hit the second tower. America is under attack." What did the
Commander in Chief do? Nothing. He sat there. He sat for well over 5
minutes, doing nothing while 3,000 people were dying and the attacks
were still in progress. To SEE it go [here ]
High-Ranking Officials Admit 9/11 Could've Been Prevented [more]
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