New plan lets trucks, planes, ships skip routine Customs checks

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[Sub-Driver]

DETROIT -- Planes, trucks and ships importing goods to the United States will be able to avoid routine U.S. Customs inspections at border crossings under a federal program announced Tuesday.

Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and other government and business leaders praised the program Tuesday at the U.S.-Canada border in Detroit.

"We will enhance security," said Ridge, standing beneath the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest crossing on the U.S.-Canada border. "We will facilitate commerce. And in the end, we'll be a safer and a stronger country because of it."

[DoughtyOne]

Yeah, I guess that's worth $32 billion dollars. Thanks Mr. Ridge. Job well done. < /sarcasm >

[Shermy]

What we talked about months ago has come true. Money before safety. Watch every drug dealer and terrorist to buy "influence" in each of the privileged businesses. Naturally, they would be compelled to do so.

Indeed, this is less secure, not more. A tip o' the hat to the NAFTA/Globalist business community wrapping up their interests in lies about "safety" - not more border checks, but "self-policing." The most odious claim is "background checks" - faulty, ridiculous in most countries, and would weed out muggers and robbers - not drug dealers and terrorists. Just a phrase to make the sheep feel safe.

Our safety is truly an "externalizable cost."

[fogarty]

To participate, a company must enforce security on its own supplier network and supply data to the Customs Service. It also must conduct stiffer employee background checks.

'Cause we all know that those companies (private flight schools, etc) really check their folks good, right?

[fogarty]

To participate, a company must enforce security on its own supplier network and supply data to the Customs Service. It also must conduct stiffer employee background checks.

'Cause we all know that those companies (private flight schools, etc) really check their folks good, right?

[fogarty]

To participate, a company must enforce security on its own supplier network and supply data to the Customs Service. It also must conduct stiffer employee background checks.

'Cause we all know that those companies (private flight schools, etc) really check their folks good, right?

[fogarty]

To participate, a company must enforce security on its own supplier network and supply data to the Customs Service. It also must conduct stiffer employee background checks.

'Cause we all know that those companies (private flight schools, etc) really check their folks good, right?

[Fish out of Water]

I think this is a good program now if the government could do something about airport security so that frequent fliers and low risk passengers can quickly clear while targeting higher risk passengers for increased scrutiny.

[TheDon]

Now the terrorists won't have so much trouble getting a WMD into the US.

[savedbygrace]

No, this is good news, really. Just think, now the little people will have some deep pockets to sue WHEN this plan results in a fatal terrrorist attack.

Without this little gem, we have to try suing the federal government, which is impossible.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

This is an outrage. Down is now up. Less security is now more security. The American people are not as stupid as Tom Ridge thinks we are.

[TomGuy]

Sixty companies have joined the program, called the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, and more than 100 additional applications are pending.

If a sweep were made today of these 60 + 100 companies, I'd bet they could find at least 100 illegals, on average, working for each these companies.

[randog]

[The company] also must conduct stiffer employee background checks.

So, instead of just checking for a pulse the HR department also has to put a mirror up to the applicant's mouth to see if it fogs?

[Thisiswhoweare]

Add to this our refusal to drill ANWAR and other sites in CONUS and the continued rubber stamping of visas from the ME (50,000+ since 9/11). Then realize the risk imposed by the blanket amnesty bill rammed through congress. Finally, consider our government's broad new powers and security measures have been exercised almost exclusively against our general citizenry, ostensibly, because we don't want to offend our peaceful muslims.

Unfortunately, there are far more examples, but examples...of what? Could anyone believe that an entire government could operate on par with a drooling idiot doomed to an IQ of 40? What is left therafter, criminal negligence? Perhaps treason. Any plausible explanation is intolerable.

Time to let our leaders know they will be accountable for their actions, and the resultant loss of American lives.

[boris]

A "pre-screened" truck stops at a truck stop. Driver gets out to take a leak and have some coffee. Somebody ices him and takes the truck. No screening at the border.

This is only one scenario--easily imagined, easily implimented--that makes this whole idea horrifying.

--Boris

[max61]

More proof that there is no war.

Security my a$$.

---max

[survivalforum.com]

The US Government is doing things like this because they are broke!

If we stopped watching the boob tube and woke up to what is really going on, the people wouldn't be caught off guard when this house of cards comes down.

What a pitiful sight.

It is so painfully obvious that there are some real money problems here folks...just tonight on fox news the DOD reiterated that they are cutting military air surveilance over major cities DUE TO MONEY REASONS

It was costing 100 million dollars a month?

Franklin

[Thisiswhoweare]

What happened? It went to a mix of the three elements I mentioned.

Whereas with Slick Willie, it was just straight up, deliberate, treason.

The bulk of the current 'intentional' stuff is still emanating from his comrades, namely Daschle, Lieberman and Waxman. They are also forcing the bulk of our 'moron moments' like blocking CONUS oil production.

With Gore, we would have already been paying the Saudi's reparations for lost suicide pilots, with war funds evaporated in a trillion dollar EPA clean-up of ground zero.

Most of this is a hangover from failing to take appropriate action earlier. There are too many Clinton leftovers in our critical agencies.

[Thisiswhoweare]

Good point about the budget, we have bloated our budgets with too much socialist fluff, but a $100 million?

The EPA budget is over is over $90 Billion, isn't it. How about an ounce of prevention?