{"id":700,"date":"2009-04-22T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/04\/22\/napolitano-gets-it-mostly-right-on-canadian-border\/"},"modified":"2009-04-22T13:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T17:05:00","slug":"napolitano-gets-it-mostly-right-on-canadian-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/04\/22\/napolitano-gets-it-mostly-right-on-canadian-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Napolitano gets it (mostly) right on Canadian border"},"content":{"rendered":"

Homeland Security director Janet Napolitano is getting pasted<\/a> in Canada this week for suggesting that our northern border is more of a terrorism concern than the US-Mexico border.<\/p>\n

CTV said that Napolitano “suggested that the 9-11 terrorists entered the U.S. through Canada.”<\/p>\n

The CTV story then waxes on about “misconceptions” about the 9-11 attacks and any form of Canadian involvement. <\/p>\n

Here’s Napolitano’s exact quote:<\/p>\n

“Yes, Canada is not Mexico, it doesn’t have a drug war going on, it didn’t have 6,000 homicides that were drug-related last year,” she said. <\/p>\n

“Nonetheless, to the extent that terrorists have come into our country or suspected or known terrorists have entered our country across a border, it’s been across the Canadian border. There are real issues there.”<\/p>\n

When asked if she was referring to the 9-11 terrorists, Napolitano added: “Not just those but others as well.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Canadians are right that their country had no involvement whatsoever with 9-11, as a transit point or a haven for Al Quaeda operatives involved in that particular attack.<\/p>\n

But it’s also clearly documented that the so-called Millenium Bomber did base his plot out of Montreal.<\/p>\n

Canadian intelligence agencies have warned repeatedly that Canada’s immigrant community includes active terror cells sympathetic to Al Quaeda.<\/p>\n

Algeria terrorists have also used Canada as a staging ground for terror attacks in Europe.<\/p>\n

Clearly, Napolitano should be careful with her words. <\/p>\n

But Canadian officials know that the basic premise of her comment — that our northern border has been a transit point for Islamic extremists — remains uncomfortably true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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