Northern border stiffed again at Homeland Security?

President-elect Obama has tapped Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to head the Department of Homeland Security.

She has a law-enforcement background — she was Az-land’s first female AG and also a US Attorney — and she knows immigration.

(Anti-immigration forces might suggest that she knows it and loves it.)

But what about the US-Canada border? Study after study shows that significant security threats persist in Canada.

Will the Northern Frontier drop off the radar screen? Will there be a rethink of the “militarization” of the US-Can border?

In the shameless plug division, tune in Monday for the 8 O’clock Hour, when we’ll talk with Dr. Christopher Kirkey at SUNY Plattsburgh about the future of US-Canada relations.