Canada chides U.S. for remarks on 9/11 plotters

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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090421/canada/politics_us_usa_canada_border


OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government moved on Tuesday to correct U.S. homeland security chief Janet Napolitano after she wrongly said some of the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks had crossed into the United States from Canada.
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Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan -- who met with Napolitano in March -- said his aides had contacted her office on Tuesday after she made the remarks to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

"She was well aware at that time (in March) and understood clearly that none of the 9/11 terrorists came across the Canadian border into the United States ... We confirmed with her office this morning that she continues to be well aware of that," Van Loan told reporters.

Napolitano raised concerns in Canada with remarks indicating she wants to clamp down on border security, which businesses fear could throttle vital trade flows.

She told the CBC on Monday that "to the extent that terrorists have come into our country or suspected or known terrorists have entered our country across a border, it's been across the Canadian border".

Asked if she was referring to the 9/11 plotters, she replied: "Not just those but others as well."



I'm sure that will help our relations, having someone in such command of the issue, I know I feel safer.

The replies are pretty interesting as well. Here is one I found interesting..,



Maybe we should offer Canada to the American's as a super high security prison. Kind of like a modern Siberia. Since they seem to believe all the terorist come through here anyways, all we would have to do is house them. Plus it will give us jobs once the American companies are done raping our natural resources.

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1. Why would the perps go to all that trouble?

Maybe she was referring to the Arab men who were blamed for 9/11 - but if she was, they TOO were already here.

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2. Why do we go to all that trouble?

If you repeat a lie five thousand times, and it doesn't stick, five thousand and one probably won't work.

But we have to keep up appearances I guess.