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Chertoff Irritated by Americans Who Resist Security Measures
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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says public opposition to a host of new border security programs stalls government efforts to tighten security. Such opposition ranges from Texas ranchers who don't want border fences built on their property to northern border-state residents who don't want to get passports to cross back-and-forth between Canada and the USA. Chertoff says he is frustrated by the growing number of 'people who say, Yes, protect us, but not if it inconveniences me.' (USA Today [1], Thursday)
The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. –Benjamin Franklin
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Homeland Security Circa AD 285 [2] by Harold B. Jones, Jr.
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[1] USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-09-05-homeland_N.htm
[2] Homeland Security Circa AD 285: http://www.fee.org/pdf/the-freeman/Jones.pdf
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