"My guess is that Washington Post supposedly vetted him, and the Secret
Service took their word for it."
You are probably right. Still inexcusable regardless of the legal status of
the person or who the President is.
J
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Listen, hes a nice person, but he couldnt sell watermelons if you gave
"I believe that the point was stupid."
You're privilege.
"Security is there to prevent threats, not ensure adherence to some
ideological standard of correctness"
So, it is not a security concern that someone with fake papers got into the
White House?
Would it have been a concern if a legal ci
My guess is that Washington Post supposedly vetted him, and the Secret
Service took their word for it. The SS agents who did so obviously
never watched Air Force One with Harrison Ford, or the episode of
Stargate SG-1 where the terrorists pretending to be reporters took
over.
On Fri, Jun 24, 201
Jerry Milo Johnson wrote:
>
> Not knowing about the legal status IS a pretty big deal, considering
> the types of checks the Secret Service are _supposed_ to be running.
>
Eh. They'll end up accidentally running him down soon anyway, so why
check any deeper?
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On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote:
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> Knowing and ignoring or deciding legal status is not relevant or
> dangerous is one thing.
>
> Not knowing about the legal status IS a pretty big deal, considering
> the types of checks the Secret Service are _supposed_ to be running.
Knowing and ignoring or deciding legal status is not relevant or
dangerous is one thing.
Not knowing about the legal status IS a pretty big deal, considering
the types of checks the Secret Service are _supposed_ to be running.
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Dana wrote:
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> I believe that th
I believe that the point was stupid. Security is there to prevent
threats, not ensure adherence to some ideological standard of
correctness. If he was not a threat then no matter how tight the
security might be they might not have noticed any other
characteristics he might have.
On Thu, Jun 23,
"I sincerely doubt he posed any threat to anybody."
I believe you are missing the point.
J
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None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power
of the hope of freedom to those who are not free. - Pearl S. Buck
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I sincerely doubt he posed any threat to anybody.
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote:
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> Excerpts:
>
> *...The uncle who brought me here turned out to be a coyote, not a
> relative, my grandfather later explained. Lolo scraped together enough money
> I eventually learned i
Excerpts:
*...The uncle who brought me here turned out to be a coyote, not a
relative, my grandfather later explained. Lolo scraped together enough money
I eventually learned it was $4,500, a huge sum for him to pay him to
smuggle me here under a fake name and fake passport. (I never saw th
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