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| WND: Schumer Demands better Mall security |
| 2004-06-24 |
| EFL U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D.-N.Y., says the government’s indictment of Nuradin Abdi for plotting with al-Qaida to bomb shopping malls, coupled with recently uncovered documents showing the March 11 Madrid train bombers also planned to attack Parquesur, a large suburban shopping center there, are "clear proof" the U.S. is not doing enough to protect the nation’s shopping malls from terror attacks. -snip- "More and more evidence is mounting that if they want to attack again, they’ll do it someplace closer to home like a shopping center. We’ve gone all-out to shore up air security, and now we have to catch up with mall security as well." According to a press statement, Schumer’s proposal includes: 1. Installing high-tech radiation detectors at malls in high-risk areas like New York.However, when New York’s WABC-TV interviewed shoppers Sunday on the mall fear-factor, most didn’t sound too worried. "I’m aware that it’s a problem," J. Grier told WABC. "I feel very confident that we’re not any more safe than we were prior to 9-11; in fact I think we’re in greater jeopardy and I can’t let it stop me because life goes on." "Ya know there hasn’t been anything happening in a while around here and I think people have sort of put it out of their mind. I feel safe," offered shopper Bruce Heron. Schumer reportedly wants to spend about $1 billion on his plan. After the Madrid attacks in March, Schumer says, he asked Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and Commerce Secretary Don Evans to find a way to expedite development of devices that can detect traces of explosives, biological weapons and chemical weapons, without requiring that individual shoppers be screened. "One thing the 9/11 Commission showed us this week is just how detailed al-Qaida’s detailed plans to attack us were. The terrorists are smart enough to hit us where we strongest, not where we are weak. That means we have to move on mall security, and do it now," Schumer said. I think we’ll do OK here in Fort Wayne, without beefed up CBR defense at the mall. I would appreciate it if Schumer would protect the Spencer’s on his own dime. Personally, I demand beefed up security at barber shops, automotive parts stores and Blockbusters. |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #11 quickest way to sustain a debilitating injury: get between Chuck Schumer and a TV camera |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-24 10:41:21 PM |
| #10 The terrorists are smart enough to hit us where we strongest, not where we are weak. That means we have to move on mall security, and do it now," Schumer said. Umm, if they were smart, they'd have hit us where we were weak. Shumer, Senatorial idiot. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-06-24 9:57:38 PM |
| #9 I wait with bated breath for his jobs program: hiring unemployed Muslim males as mall security guards (based on recommendations supplied by their imams, of course)... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-06-24 9:14:10 PM |
| #8 How about we let law-abiding citizens carry concealed weapons for self-defense, Chuckles? (chirp, chirp) |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-06-24 3:03:42 PM |
| #7 Stephen, its quite chilly according to the dailies. Its widely reported around here that the Jr. & Sr. NY Senators don't have much use for each other. Who knows if thats true or not, but it seems there is a fair amount of fake smiling and feigned commeraderie going on. I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them, but to be fair, I say that about politicians in general. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-06-24 3:02:52 PM |
| #6 "...find a way to expedite development of devices that can detect traces of explosives, biological weapons and chemical weapons, without requiring that individual shoppers be screened. " Gee, I dunno, Wally, maybe put them in the fucking entrances? |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-06-24 1:43:22 PM |
| #5 JerseyMike,enquiring minds want to know:how cold does it get when Schumer and Clinton share a room? |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-06-24 12:54:46 PM |
| #4 Schumer is the most blatant self promoting, grandstanding, attention whore I've seen outside of Billary. Don't think for a moment he is even remotely serious about this. He has a weekly press conference designed to put himself in front of a camera. I enjoyed the one about breakfast cereals being too expensive. They say the most dangerous place in the world is the spot in between Schumer and a TV camera - its all to true. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-06-24 12:00:38 PM |
| #3 OK Schumer, are you willing to support tighter immigration procedures? |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-06-24 7:47:01 AM |
| #2 Someday there will be a suited athletic-looking gentleman behind the counter selling you an Orange Julius or vending Clinique products. You will know for sure that he is a Mall-marshall. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-06-24 3:41:18 AM |
| #1 I bet part of his plan calls for mall security guards to become federal employees.It's worked so well at airports. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-06-24 2:24:44 AM |