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3 Mar 2008
“Senator Schumer: TSA is Inadequate”
By Annie Jacobsen in category U.S. Homeland Security
BLOG ENTRY SNIPPET: “The ABC News piece says 8,000 foreign nationals have trained in U.S. flight schools without proper vetting. ABC cites former TSA officials as well as former FAA inspectors as sources. The internal memos it posts on its website paint an unsettling portrait of a a few USG officials trying to sound the alarm but their concerns fall on deaf ears.
TSA responded by saying only 857 foreign students slipped though the cracks.
Question: How many foreign nationals does it take to fly planes into buildings?
Answer: 19.”
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Mexican national admits to assaulting border agent
The Monitor ^ | March 4, 2008 | Jeremy Roebuck
Posted on 03/04/2008 3:03:35 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
McALLEN — A 28-year-old Mexican national pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent last year during a failed arrest attempt.
Juan Carlos Gonzalez Garcia, of Villa De Ramos, S.L.P., Mexico, faces up to 20 years in prison for the attack which left the agent with a fractured left shoulder.
He told authorities he was one of three men in a pick-up truck stopped on Dec. 13 just outside of Roma, according to court documents.
But when agents discovered he was in the country illegally and tried to arrest him, Gonzalez resisted, knocking himself and the arresting agent to the ground. The impact injured the federal law enforcement officer.
Authorities arrested Gonzalez nearby a short time later. He has remained in custody since his arrest.
Gonzalez was previously detained and deported in August 2006, after entering the United States illegally through Laredo.
In 2005, he served 10 months in a U.S. federal prison for smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States.
Assaults on Border Patrol agents patrolling the nation’s Southwestern border continue to rise as the nation takes a tougher stance on illegal immigration.
During fiscal year 2007, the agency reported a total of 987 attacks with weapons including rocks, vehicles, guns and Molotov cocktails, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics. That number marks a substantial increase over 2006’s total of 752.
But incidents of violence in the Rio Grande Valley Sector, a region that extends from Brownsville to Roma, have remained relatively few and minor, according to agency reports.
If convicted, Gonzalez faces up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines. He awaits sentencing at a June 6 hearing.
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“Man Accused of Threat on Flight”
19 hours ago
BANGOR, Maine (AP) —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Mackle is accused of telling a Delta Air Lines employee that he was a terrorist after drinking and becoming unruly on Flight 146 from Atlanta. The flight was diverted to Bangor International Airport early Saturday.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “According to an FBI affidavit, he smoked a cigarette in a restroom on the Boeing 76, then became verbally abusive when he was confronted and told a flight attendant he was associated with Osama bin Laden and was going to hijack the plane.
He later responded to an off-duty pilot who told him that the flight might have to make an emergency landing by saying “OK, I’m a terrorist. Go ahead and land the plane,” and punching an off-duty flight attendant, the affidavit said.”