The Bush administration has pledged to stop special security checks imposed on adult males entering the United States from mainly Muslim countries. Those targeted are mostly from countries considered a risk for terrorism. "Our long term goal", senior homeland security official Asa Hutchinson told Arab civil rights leaders Friday, "is to treat (all visitors) the same way, and not based on where you come from."
| In that case you should be frisking everybody, rather than letting turbans waltz in unopposed. When the next 9-11 commission lines up to shoot the wounded after the next jihadi atrocity, you're gonna be in the first rank — always assuming they don't destroy Washington, D.C., and you with it... |
Hutchinson also distinguished the approach of the Department of Homeland Security from that of other parts of the administration, notably Attorney General John Ashcroft's Justice Department, United Press International reported.
| "Book 'em, Agent Starchedshirt! And make sure they're biopsied!" |
Under the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System or NSEERS, introduced in November 2002, male visa-holders coming to the United States from any one of 25 listed nations have had to undergo special screening, including being fingerprinted, photographed and interviewed at ports of entry. The countries include Yemen, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Iran. Apart from North Korea, they are all majority-Muslim nations.
| 15 of 19, guys. Don't forget 15 of 19... |
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