ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: NY Daily News
03February2011 12:42pmEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Worried about terrorists sneaking into the United States? You might want to look north.
It turns out that even as Mexico grapples with drug and gang violence, the U.S.-Canadian border poses a bigger terror risk, according to a new government report.
Just 32 of the 4,000 miles - less than 1% - along the northern border have an "acceptable level" of security, according to the Government Accountability Office report, released Tuesday.
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) called the report "absolutely alarming" during a news conference on Capitol Hill.
He fears the northern border provides "easy passage into America by extremists, terrorists and criminals whose purpose it to harm the American people." (read full NY Daily report)