Archivado en: internacional | escrito por goleech | 03/21/2005 | 12:04

After the Sept. 11 attacks, it was shocking to learn how easily the hijackers entered the country. What is shocking today is how little progress has been made in securing our borders. Terrorists may well be entering the country by crossing from Mexico or Canada. But it is just as likely that they are coming in the way the Sept. 11 hijackers did: at airports, slipping through the Swiss-cheese security system now in place.

... One of the most important tasks Michael Chertoff, the new secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and Congress jointly face is pulling in the welcome mat for would-be terrorists. If Mr. Chertoff does not have the resources or legal authority he needs to make the borders safe, he should say so publicly, and often. Among the areas that need to be attended to are these:

1. More Resources at the Borders - A growing number of non-Mexicans are crossing over the Mexican border. And suspected terrorists have long been entering the country from Canada. More guards need to be put in place, and there should be more use of fences and ground sensors to detect movement.

Editorial New York Times, 21 de marzo 2005.

El diario The New York Times exige mayor seguridad en la frontera, luego de las declaraciones del director de la CIA, Porter Goss, en el Senado. Our Terrorist-Friendly Borders es el título de la Editorial de este lunes que, entre otras cosas, alerta de la facilidad que tienen los posibles terroristas de entrar por a Estados Unidos por México y Canadá.

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