Ken Pisichko wrote:
>This will apply to Canadians at the END of 2006. In addition, US citizens
>will need their US passport to get back into the USA!
>
>Perhaps it will be a requirement (by the Canadian government) for US
>citizens to show their passport for entry into Canada - no more "special
>treatment for US citizens.
>
>
This shouldn't be marketed by Ottawa as "retaliatory" but as supportive ...
after all, those Americans admitted without a passport would be unable to
get home without a protracted hassle since all passport processing is now
done within the US. Lose a passport abroad and you're given a permit to
get home (happened to a colleague in Paris last year).
>Such is life in a post 9/11 world :-( Just another piece of paper to carry.
>
>
Right idea but, if you've travelled through a US airport, bad
implementation.
The right answer would be negotiating a security perimeter, at least with
Canada and Bermuda (so many rich Americans live there, it's not funny).
While a US passport proves that you are an American citizen, it doesn't
prove that you aren't a terrorist. Zarqawi's key aide was found to be a
naturalized US citizen ...
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/31/zarqawi.aide/index.html
And the recruiter of Jose Padilla turns out to be a Washington, DC
public schools superintendent!
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7340464/site/newsweek/
Among 'born' Americans, there is Timothy McVie ... or Ryan Anderson,
a WA National Guardsmen who tried selling his deployment orders on
jihadi websites online ...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/01/soldier.arrested/index.html
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