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Old 11-08-2007, 06:30 PM
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Here is Bush's terrorist program in full swing.............At least they have this bunch, but what is going on elsewhere with open borders if this is a bust?


Two Dozen Illegal Immigrants Arrested Using Fake Badges to Work at O'Hare International Airport

CHICAGO — Nearly two dozen illegal immigrants were arrested Wednesday, accused of using fake security badges to work in critical areas of O'Hare International Airport, including the tarmac, authorities said.

The 23 illegal workers were employed by Ideal Staffing Solutions Inc., whose corporate secretary and office manager also were arrested after an eight-month investigation that involved federal, state and Chicago authorities.

The company contracted work for carriers including United Airlines, KLM and Qantas, said Elissa A. Brown, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

"The investigation identifies a vulnerability that could compromise national security, while bringing criminal charges against individuals who built an illegal work force into their business practice," Brown said.

Much of the investigation centered on the airport security badges issued by the Department of Aviation, said U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald. Agents found that 110 of the 134 badges issued to Ideal Staffing workers did not match the individuals who carried them, he said.

The discrepancies were first noted in March by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspector, Fitzgerald said.

"If we are to ensure public safety, we must know who has access to the secure areas of airports," Fitzgerald said. "A fundamental component of airport safety is preventing the use of false identification badges, and punishing those who commit or enable such violations."

Mary Gurin, 36, of Carpentersville, and Norinye Benitez, 24, of Franklin Park, were each charged with one federal count of harboring illegal immigrants for gain and one federal count of misuse of Social Security numbers. They were scheduled for a preliminary appearance later Wednesday in U.S. District Court, Brown said.

Benitez is believed to be an illegal immigrant from Mexico, and Gurin employed her and signed her airport badge application while knowing her illegal status, Brown said.

The workers arrested, 21 from Mexico and two from Guatemala, were being held in the Cook County jail. They face state criminal charges and deportation, Brown said.

According to affidavits in a complaint against Gurin and Benitez unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, the applications for the 110 bogus badges listed Social Security numbers that either did not exist or belonged to other individuals, some of whom were dead.

One affidavit from a temporary worker who cooperated with authorities said Benitez told him to look through a box containing about 20 airport security badges and to pick one with a picture that resembled his own face.

The affidavits allege that Ideal Staffing told workers they needed to have identification, but that the documents did not have to be legitimate, and also accused the company of supplying some workers with deactivated badges issued in other names.

Brown, Fitzgerald and other officials declined to answer questions about how workers could use deactivated badges to enter secure areas of the airport, saying that the investigation continued and that not all details could be revealed.

Cook County State's Attorney Richard A. Devine said his office has issued more than 100 arrest warrants in the case.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,309337,00.html
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Yeah, jeez, they just nailed a few Jamaicans and some other folks, in New York, they were airport employees doing a little drug smuggling on the side.

Well, I suppose it's a good thing they're catching these guys.... kinda took 'em a while though, didn't it?

And the other thing is, the airports are still porous - I mean, not three months ago some clown who wasn't even a US citizen, got on a plane in Salt Lake City without even a boarding pass -

Well, times they are a'changin' - three months ago even "I" was getting under the radar screen, but I don't think I'd try it anymore "now". I gotta get passports for my son and daughter, and I wanna make sure everything is legit so there won't be any problems.

(You watch - my three-month old daughter'll probably be on the "no-fly list", or some dumb crock-up like that - that would be "par for the course", right? )
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Yeah, jeez, they just nailed a few Jamaicans and some other folks, in New York, they were airport employees doing a little drug smuggling on the side.

Well, I suppose it's a good thing they're catching these guys.... kinda took 'em a while though, didn't it?

And the other thing is, the airports are still porous - I mean, not three months ago some clown who wasn't even a US citizen, got on a plane in Salt Lake City without even a boarding pass -

Well, times they are a'changin' - three months ago even "I" was getting under the radar screen, but I don't think I'd try it anymore "now". I gotta get passports for my son and daughter, and I wanna make sure everything is legit so there won't be any problems.

(You watch - my three-month old daughter'll probably be on the "no-fly list", or some dumb crock-up like that - that would be "par for the course", right? )
Yep, if they have been bad mouthing Bush in chat rooms they are probably on the list. If they ever checked the Koran out of a library, they are probably on the list. If they ever participated in a anti-war protest and was photographed by law enforcement, they are probably on the list. If your phone calls sound like your party is in a Las Vegas casino playing a slot machine, you are probably on the list. If you ever used your Kelloggs secret decoder ring to decipher the Shadow's message on the Saturday morning radio show, you are probably on the list.

If they try to take a family member to a room for search, knock the guy out. He is probably an illegal alien trying to kidnap your child or wife. After hog tying him with your handy dandy tie wraps, scream as loud as your can; he's a terrorist with a bomb!! That always get their attention and places you at the top of the list.
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Old 11-09-2007, 09:58 PM
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I'll betcha that if Bush were a Democrat, you'd be PRAISING Homeland Security.

Better get back on that GWB Hate Train, with RINO NonSquirt, it's a'rolling along!
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I'll betcha that if Bush were a Democrat, you'd be PRAISING Homeland Security.
I'd be saying the exact same thing. "They're using torture, and they're spending too much of my money".

You'd probably be saying something different though, 'cause then instead of "no they're not", you'd be saying "amen, brother".
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I'll betcha that if Bush were a Democrat, you'd be PRAISING Homeland Security.

Better get back on that GWB Hate Train, with RINO NonSquirt, it's a'rolling along!
Oh,....one of those infatuated Bush whiners who spends his entire life defending his White House Jester from big bad dragon Liberals. The slightest implication of fire and off the wall he goes into a defense mode, slinging chain mals and swords. Geeze dude................get a grip! LMAO!


Of course I praise Bush for taking Clinton's plan and putting Homeland Security in place as he instructed the idiot to do - before 911 happened. He did a crummy job of following Clinton's orders, but then what do you expect from a Vietnam War Deserter with a vendetta against America.

Let me see there, a GWB ticket............
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Got any proof that Bush was a deserter?

I mean...other than fanatic bloggers who wear tin-foil hats and run around thinking everything's a conspiracy? Didn't think so.

Funny how cynical you can be about some things, but then if it's anything negative about Bush, you immediately go with it, whether it's based on fact or not. Kinda biased, in my opinion.
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But Boog - that's kinda the whole point - I mean, in politics, when someone says something bad about you, you've got your people out there trying to deny it and prove it wrong and everything else - right?

I mean, that's like, the 'First" thing that happens, in those cases, right?

Well, so, how does Bushie deal with that? His "typical response" is to stonewall the issue using his press secretaries, like the McLelland-Snow types -

And I mean, in "most" administrations, the job of those guys is to keep the public "kinda informed" on what's going on in the White House -

But not these guys - oh no - their job is to "spin" and "obfuscate" and "make excuses" and basically ensure that the American People know as little as possible about what's really going on.

Nah, Bushie didn't desert. He just didn't show up, is all. There's a bit of a difference there. Hey, I can't blame the guy, I mean, if he woulda asked me to "show up" for Iraq, I wouldn't have done that either. Bozo-in-Chief can kiss my butt if he thinks I'm dyin' for him, instead of for the American People - 'cause every American I ever talked to, told me "no war in my name", so I'm just going by what people have been telling me....

And the truth in this particular case, is that I trust my friends and neighbors, way more, than I trust the President of the United States.

And there's something wrong with that, isn't there?
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Got any proof that Bush was a deserter?

I mean...other than fanatic bloggers who wear tin-foil hats and run around thinking everything's a conspiracy? Didn't think so.

Funny how cynical you can be about some things, but then if it's anything negative about Bush, you immediately go with it, whether it's based on fact or not. Kinda biased, in my opinion.
Boogie you are like a broken record defending your jester always saying over and over, show me proofs, show me proofs, show me proofs, show me proofs. The hell with digging up proofs when you can just face reality just like the rest of us do and there you will see, feel, hear and experience proofs firsthand. Come out of your cave and get with the real world and look at what is going on. No more towers are falling or planes falling from the skies so come on out of your caves unless you are hiding from doing military service which I have a high bet is why you are hiding. I also have a high bet that you are Bush secret son because as they say, like father, like son.
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Yep. I'm his secret son...and you're being wiretapped, IP address logged, and put on surveillance by me, personally.
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