Report: Security on U.S.-Canada border fails terror test

[Canuck_Buck]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A terrorist wanting to smuggle radioactive material from Canada into the United States probably would find it easy to do, a new report from congressional investigators said.



Government investigators were able to cross from Canada into the United States carrying a duffle bag with contents that looked like radioactive material and never encountered a law enforcement official, according to a report released Thursday by investigators from the Government Accountability Office.

"Our work clearly shows substantial vulnerabilities in the northern border to terrorist or criminals entering the United States undetected," the GAO's Greg Kutz testified Thursday at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the topic.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/27/border.security/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

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"We already knew this, senator," Colburn answered. "This is not a surprise report to us."
He defended the priorities set by the Border Patrol, pointing out that a vast majority of the traffic coming into the United States comes across the southern border, not the northern one.


.....check out the video in the article...

[Champlain Islander]

I often hunt up to the northern border and that is exactly what it looks like. Pretty simple for someone on foot to cross and get away with it. I think there are something like 4000 miles of border with Canada and around 1000 BP agents.

[burniegoeasily]

Its sad to say, but no boarder will ever be sealed. There is no possible way to close up any boarder. It will always be a lossing battle. Just like Nixson's war on drugs. Sounded like a great idea, and must have seemed plausible, but was nothing but a waste of money. Not only has it failed, but the drug problem has gotten worse. Its not a matter of if a terroist gets bad stuff into this country, but when. Heck, they are already living among us.