Gov't Backs Off Idea of Civilian Patrol

[Judi Lynn]

Gov't Backs Off Idea of Civilian Patrol

Homeland Security Backs Off Controversial Idea of Civilian Border Patrol

By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES Jul 21, 2005 — The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that it has no plans to enlist citizen volunteers to help patrol U.S. borders, one day after the agency's top border enforcement official said he was exploring such an idea.

On Wednesday, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Robert C. Bonner told The Associated Press that his agency was considering the training of volunteers to create "something akin to a Border Patrol auxiliary."

A Homeland Security spokesman issued a statement Thursday backing off Bonner's controversial suggestion.

"There are currently no plans by the Department of Homeland Security to use civilian volunteers to patrol the border," spokesman Brian J. Roehrkasse said. "That job should continue to be done by the highly trained, professional law enforcement officials."
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=965252

[Kagemusha]

1. Note to careless readers: This is not actually a denial.

This is D. of Homeland Security saying it has no such plans, whereas on Wednesday, the Customs and Border Protection commissioner said that HIS agency, as an agency, not as the Department of Homeland Security, was looking into such plans.

It sounds like a denial, but it's not. It's just politically separating CBP from DHS.

[Canuckistanian]

2. Didn't * have "no plans" to attack Iraq at one time?

It was 'a last resort' that we'd have to be 'forced into'. Here, twist my arm....

[SlavesandBulldozers]

3. yes there were "no plans on his desk"

(they were in the drawer)

[Canuckistanian]

4. LOL!

So he didn't "knowingly" put he plans on his desk...

[SlavesandBulldozers]

5. exactly

and seriously, come to think of it he was probably not lying. There were no plans! Who needed a plan when the only fire our troops would be taking would be the constant barrage of longstem roses and confetti?