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U.S. Vigilantes Test Drones on Mexican Border

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Posted by Steve 2003-05-14 10:17 am|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I agree. First, from the civil liberties angle, then more importantly for security. My questions - Why, with a war on terrorism, is there even an issue of a non-protected border? Why are law abiding citizens characterized as 'vigilantes'? How come they have to spend their $ to do this when it is so clearly a Fed responsibility? Who is standing to gain from leaving that border so porous?

Posted by Scott 2003-05-14 10:58:31|| 2003-05-14 10:58:31|| Front Page Top

#2 jsut how in the hell is protecting our borders racist! the border is wide open and the mexicans do squat!

Posted by Dan 2003-05-14 12:40:26|| 2003-05-14 12:40:26|| Front Page Top

#3 What's so funny in the WaPo article is the repeated use of the word "vigilante". It sounds so scary, ominous, and harsh.....

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-05-14 12:42:32|| 2003-05-14 12:42:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Wanna bet the next WaPo report has the "vigilantes" operating from an "isolated compound" along the border?

There's a big Dem/Mexico push to legalize the illegals already here, and allow basically unstoppable cross-border immigration. As someone living in San Diego, we've seen how to cut this to a trickle - a large fence and many more agents.
All it will take is proof of one terror cell crossing and completing an attack and the will to stop the illegal immigration will be there - regardless of the outcry from businesses employing illegals, Dems crying for the lost beholden votes, and the Fox regime.
Now, did you notice I never used the media term of choice: "undocumented immigrant", which implies no illegal act - they just left their ID...uh...on the table at home..in Chiapas

Posted by Frank G 2003-05-14 12:52:20|| 2003-05-14 12:52:20|| Front Page Top

#5 These guys are on the right track, just using the wrong language. They should be calling themselves, "a militia of the people". After all, "militas" are not only legitimate (while vigilante committees have a bad rap), but PROTECTED by the Constitutiton. As for the difference between the local-built UAV and a Predator, the local UAV doesn't have secure transmission capabilities and download links via a JSTARS aircraft to anywhere in the world. It also doesn't have a multispectral scanner to acquire the image, and the ability to display it in real-time in virtual three dimensions. I'd also speculate that the resolution on the Predator is just a tad sharper than the home-built. When you're looking for hostile bad guys with big guns, rather than border-jumpers, second-best isn't good enough.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-05-14 17:37:20|| 2003-05-14 17:37:20|| Front Page Top

#6 All it will take is proof of one terror cell crossing and completing an attack and the will to stop the illegal immigration will be there - regardless of the outcry from businesses employing illegals, Dems crying for the lost beholden votes, and the Fox regime.

It's infuriating to think that more lives have to be sacrificed before the government will even get serious about border issues.

Now, did you notice I never used the media term of choice: "undocumented immigrant", which implies no illegal act - they just left their ID...uh...on the table at home..in Chiapas

How about leech, or parasite?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-05-15 00:27:16|| 2003-05-15 00:27:16|| Front Page Top

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