BORDER NEWS WATCH 10_15_12

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"A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him 'Why do you carry a 45?' The Ranger responded, 'Because they don't make a 46.'" -Clint Smith.

"When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away." -Clint Smith.

"I carry a gun cause a cop is too heavy." -Clint Smith.

Clint Smith, President and Director of Thunder Ranch®, is a Marine Corps veteran of two infantry and
Combined Action Platoon tours in Vietnam. His experience includes seven years as a police officer during
which he served as head of the Firearms Training Division as well as being a S.W.A.T. member and
precision rifleman...

FAST AND FURIOUS

White House Link to Fast and Furious Back in the United States

http://tinyurl.com/9f8puff

Univision’s Documentary Operation “Fast and Furious: Arming the Enemy”

http://tinyurl.com/96yo96u

ATF whistleblower site posts Fast and Furious manager’s OK to work for JPMorgan

http://tinyurl.com/8eurcxq

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BORDER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Elbit Systems of America Promotes Proven Border Security Solutions at Border Management and Technology Expo Conference

http://tinyurl.com/9tzpjmr

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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION NEWS

Few young illegal immigrants take advantage of Obama's deferred action plan

http://tinyurl.com/9v5ufqy

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CARTELS

Organized crime in the Americas: bad for the environment, too?

http://tinyurl.com/9bag83s

US knew dead Zeta leader's ID before body stolen

http://tinyurl.com/9gm789e

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NEWS ABOUT BIG BROTHER

Lawmakers divided on counterterror effort

http://tinyurl.com/9nj4bwj

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TERRORISM

NEWS RE BENGHAZI:

Security Officer on State Department Blocking Requests: ‘For Me the Taliban Is Inside the Building’

http://tinyurl.com/9nrbd2x

Dems accuse GOP of cutting security funding in Libya despite majority Dem support for vote

http://tinyurl.com/9v5863n

THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN AMERICA

http://tinyurl.com/cp7avne

STRATFOR: Evolution and Trends in Terrorism Tradecraft

http://tinyurl.com/9ncu6qb

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AMERICAN POLITICS

NAVY SEAL SPEAKS OUT

http://tinyurl.com/9vk45zu

Saucedo Mercer on What Southern Arizona-specific issues will you champion in Congress

http://tinyurl.com/8oqoo38

‘Friday Night Lights’ describes vitriolic reaction by liberals, friends after endorsing Mitt Romney

http://tinyurl.com/9yduk39

Unusual Mars Rock Surprises Rover Scientists

http://tinyurl.com/cytknxw

Curiosity rover's pet Mars Rock unlike any seen on Red Planet

http://tinyurl.com/9rkxzml

Mars: air and water

http://tinyurl.com/8lfuxsf
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ARCHIVE: PREVIOUS POSTS

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STRATFOR: TERRORISM TRADECRAFT

http://tinyurl.com/96cbqx5

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MEXICO: NEWS FROM SEDENA

The Scope Of The War

http://tinyurl.com/dynv3s2

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STRATEGY PAGE

http://tinyurl.com/92j3r

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"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought
for, protected, and passed on ... or we will spend our sunset years telling
our children's children what it was like in the United States when
men were free." – Ronald Reagan

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ANALYSES:

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Analysis: How to fix a broken border: Disrupting smuggling at its source

http://tinyurl.com/8bs4kuw

Comment: Terry Goddard needs to update his info under his subtitle: Why Not a Wall ?

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FAST AND FURIOUS ARCHIVE: PREVIOUS POSTS

Filmmaker creates full-blown re-enactment of Brian Terry’s Fast and Furious murder (VIDEO)

http://tinyurl.com/99q4m7o

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Fast and Furious

http://tinyurl.com/9hvx7lg

Key Findings in OIG Fast and Furious Report

http://tinyurl.com/bq8b4zn

THE DOJ OIG REPORT: A REVIEW OF ATF's OPERATION FAST AND FURIOUS
AND RELATED MATTERS

http://www.justice.gov/oig/reports/2012/s1209.pdf

FAST AND FURIOUS WEAPONS RECOVERIES:

http://tinyurl.com/ck37sel

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GRAPHIC: Patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border:

http://tinyurl.com/8do3gsd
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Graphic: Mexican drug cartels' spreading influence:

http://tinyurl.com/7flqqnb

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BORDER PATROL STRATEGIC PLAN

2012-2016: BORDER PATROL STRATEGIC PLAN- THE MISSION: PROTECT AMERICA

http://tinyurl.com/csqxply

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OTHER:

AMERICAN POLITICS: OPINION PIECES

10 Reasons Mitt Will Win

http://tinyurl.com/8lgkync

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"If the constitutional right to keep and bear arms is to mean anything, it must,
as a general matter, permit a person to possess, carry and sometimes conceal arms
to maintain the security of his private residence or privately operated business.”
- David Prosser (Wisconsin Supreme Court justice)

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SELECTED WEBSITES OF INTEREST

JPS BROWN

http://www.jpsbrown-horseman.com/works.htm

http://www.jps-brown.com/Biopage.html
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MICHAEL CUTLER

http://www.andmagazine.com/category/talk_border.html
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS

http://nafbpo.org
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SOUTHERN ARIZONA CATTLEMEN'S WEEKLY

http://paper.li/sacpaaz/1331153423#
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HUMAN AND DRUG TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT MATTERS

www.Need2No.US
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NEWS AND DISCUSSION OF U.S./MEXICO BORDER ISSUES:

http://groups.google.com/group/frontera-list/topics
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SELECTED BORDER NEWS & FAST AND FURIOUS POSTINGS ON SACPA WEBSITE
http://www.sacpaaz.org/news_education/fast-and-furious-gun-walking-investigation/
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BORDER ISSUES: MEXICO

http://tinyurl.com/7wrpoof
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"Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher
for sober people to own cars." - Unknown
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SUGGESTED READING - BORDER BOOK LIST:
10 YEARS ON THE LINE: MY WAR ON THE BORDER: 2^nd EDITION by Mike Ligon http://tinyurl.com/8evcncy
SIXTY MILES OF BORDER: AN AMERICAN LAWMAN BATTLES DRUGS ON THE MEXICAN BORDER by Terry Kirkpatrick
The SHADOW CATCHER: A U.S. AGENT INFILTRATES MEXICO'S DEADLY CRIME CARTELS by Hipolito Acosta
BOOK: Beneath the Same Sky: An Interview with Author David Ramirez http://tinyurl.com/8sxlanv

OTHER BOOKS TO CONSIDER:
Wolves At Our Door a novel by JPS Brown (http://www.jpsbrown-horseman.com/works.htm)
Hard Measures: How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives by Jose A. Rodriguez
The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower by Robert Baer
"Courting Disaster", How the CIA Kept America Safe (Regnery) by Marc Thiessen
NEW BOOK: No Easy Day by Mark Owen
2010 BOOK: Migra!: A History of the U.S. Border Patrol
http://tinyurl.com/9mja6wn
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"An armed society is a polite society."
- Robert Heinlein

"There are no dangerous weapons. There are only dangerous men."
- Robert A. Heinlein

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