BORDER NEWS WATCH
10_24_12
See
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"In the larger sense, however, the personal ownership
of firearms is only secondarily a matter of defense against the criminal. Note
the following from Thomas Jefferson: The strongest reason for the people to keep and bear arms is, as a last
resort, to protect themselves against the tyranny of government. That is why our
masters in
Clint Smith, President and Director of
Thunder Ranch®, is a Marine Corps veteran of two
infantry and
Combined Action Platoon tours in
which he served as head of the Firearms Training Division as well as
being a S.W.A.T. member and
precision rifleman...
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ILLEGAL/LEGAL IMMIGRATION
Guatemala-Mexico border more dangerous than U.S.- Mexico border
MEXICAN MILITARY NEWS
Navy
has become
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UA prof's concern: Border tragedy politicized
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CARTELS
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BORDER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY: BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING
NEWS: RADICAL ISLAM.ORG
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AMERICAN POLITICS
"The will to survive is not as important as the will
to prevail ... the answer to criminal aggression is retaliation." Clint
Smith
Clint Smith, President and
Director of Thunder Ranch®, is a Marine Corps veteran of two infantry and
Combined Action Platoon tours in
which he served as head of the Firearms Training Division as well as being
a S.W.A.T. member and
precision rifleman...
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MARS ROVER CURIOSITY NEWS
Curiosity
Rover Takes a Bite out of Mars
It's
A Race Against Time To Determine If Mars Has Frost
Mars
rover working on new clues in methane mystery
NASA’s
Curiosity rover discovers strange, bright object
Rover
makes interesting find on Mars
Mars
Curiosity Rover Digs Up Unidentified Shiny Objects
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ARCHIVE: PREVIOUS POSTS
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JAGUARS AND BORDER SECURITY
Drug Smugglers Are Driving Across the
THE
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN
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The Scope Of The War
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STRATEGY PAGE
http://tinyurl.com/92j3r
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"All the people constitute the militia - according
to the Founding Fathers. Therefore every able-bodied man has a duty under the
Constitution to become part of the 'well-regulated' militia, specifically to
understand and perform well with the individual weapon currently issued to the
regular establishment.... Thus one who has not qualified himself with the M-16
may not be considered to be a responsible citizen." Clint Smith
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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)
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Fast and Furious
Key Findings in OIG Fast and Furious Report
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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BORDER PATROL STRATEGIC PLAN
2012-2016: BORDER PATROL STRATEGIC PLAN- THE
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"The tragic history of civilian disarmament cries a
warning against any systematic attempts to render innocent citizens
ill-equipped to defend themselves from tyrant terrorists, despots or oppressive
majorities,"- Daniel Schmutter
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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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"The purpose of fighting is to win.
There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield,
and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All
else is supplemental." Clint Smith
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SUGGESTED
10 YEARS ON THE LINE: MY WAR ON THE BORDER: 2nd 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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"Every time I teach a class, I discover I don't know something. Clint Smith
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NORFOLK – U.S. Defense Secretary
Leon Panetta, speaking to a crowd of about 500 at the
Speaking metaphorically, Panetta said it was like Congress loaded a handgun and
said, "If we don't do what's right, we'll blow our heads off."
Panetta said the gun is now cocked and ready to fire with potentially disasterous effects for the
The $500 billion across-the-board defense cuts over 10 years would begin in January
unless a budget deal is reached. It will be matched by $500 billion in cuts to
social programs.
The cutbacks were part of a bipartisan compromise reached in August 2011 as a
"poison pill" to spur both sides to agree to a longer-term budget
deal.
"Nobody wants this to happen," Panetta said. "It's a good way to
hollow out the forest and weaken everything."
But Panetta said that doesn't mean that the military should expect increases in
military spending, in large part because budget deficits are going to require
cutbacks in a number of areas for the forseeable
future.
"We know (the military) is going to be smaller and leaner," Panetta
said.
Panetta, a former chief of staff and budget director in the Clinton
administration, said he was disappointed to see the government go back to
deficit spending after reaching surpluses toward the end of the 1990s, when
Clinton was in office.
"I never thought I would come back to
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., who also spoke at the breakfast, said he has been
attempting to broach the partisan divide on budget issues by looking at ways to
compromise and bring the deficit down.
"Both parties have unclean hands. We all share responsibility,"
Warner said. "We went to war not once, but twice, entirely on a credit
card."
Warner said sequestration would be a "disaster" and that the
"biggest threat" to the long-term defense of the
Panetta also touched on his personal life, and how he
was the son of Italian immigrants who moved to
Panetta said he and his brother used to pick up
walnuts after his dad shook the walnut trees to make the nuts fall off.
"When I was first elected to Congress," he said, "my father told
me that I was well-trained to go to