http://www.reagancoalition.com/articles/...1481237582

Quote:A Department of Homeland Security program intended to give "trusted traveler" status to low-risk airline passengers soon will be extended to Saudi travelers, opening the program to criticism for accommodating the country that produced 15 of the 19 hijackers behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Sources voiced concern about the decision to the Investigative Project on Terrorism, which issued a report Wednesday on the under-the-radar announcement -- which was first made by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano after meeting in January with her Saudi counterpart. According to the IPT, this would be the first time the Saudi government has been given such a direct role in fast-tracking people for entry into the United States.

"I think you have radical Wahhabism in certain elements in Saudi Arabia, and I think to be more lenient there than in other places would be a mistake," Rep. Frank Wolf told the Investigative Project on Terrorism. "There were 15 [hijackers] from that country, and there is a lot taking place in that region."

Only an exclusive handful of countries enjoy inclusion in the Global Entry program -- Canada, Mexico, South Korea and the Netherlands. According to the IPT, some officials are questioning why Saudi Arabia gets to reap the benefits of the program, when key U.S. allies like Germany and France are not enrolled; Israel has reached a deal with the U.S., but that partnership has not yet been implemented.

Gives more thought that maybe the 1st Boston Bombing suspect is being harbored by Obama & co.

This one is sticky. I don't see the need to stereotype a whole nation due to those hijackers, but then again, that place is a hotbed for extremist. Interestingly enough, the extremist hate the ruling Saudi family just as much as they hate the US. I'm betting a little more will go into these background checks than what the govt is telling us. Heck, I tried to get on the Trusted Flyer Program and didn't even qualify.

I thought your title was interesting. Saudi Muslims. I believed all Saudi's where Muslim, but El Wiki says that officially 97% of Saudis are Muslim, with the remaining 3% either Buddhist or Hindu.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is a complete moron. Probably on the take also.
Saudi Arabia needs to be handled by the UN as a terrorist sponsoring nation and given major sanctions.
The "royal family" there is as two faced as you could get. They buy who or what they want and sponsor
terrorism around the world.

(04-23-2013 09:18 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is a complete moron. Probably on the take also.
Saudi Arabia needs to be handled by the UN as a terrorist sponsoring nation and given major sanctions.The "royal family" there is as two faced as you could get. They buy who or what they want and sponsor
terrorism around the world.

We all know what none of that will ever occur.

It is interesting that this "trusted traveler" status comes from a fellow traveler.

(04-23-2013 09:12 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  I thought your title was interesting. Saudi Muslims. I believed all Saudi's where Muslim, but El Wiki says that officially 97% of Saudis are Muslim, with [b/]the remaining 3% either Buddhist or Hindu[/b].

Otherwise known as "the help".

(04-23-2013 08:38 AM)VA49er Wrote:  This one is sticky. I don't see the need to stereotype a whole nation due to those hijackers, but then again, that place is a hotbed for extremist. Interestingly enough, the extremist hate the ruling Saudi family just as much as they hate the US. I'm betting a little more will go into these background checks than what the govt is telling us. Heck, I tried to get on the Trusted Flyer Program and didn't even qualify.

It should also be noted that Saudi Arabia is consistently characterized as the most racist country in the world by everyone I know that's been there (including other Arabs).

(04-23-2013 09:57 AM)I45owl Wrote:  It should also be noted that Saudi Arabia is consistently characterized as the most racist country in the world by everyone I know that's been there (including other Arabs).

I can see that.

(04-23-2013 09:20 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(04-23-2013 09:18 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is a complete moron. Probably on the take also.
Saudi Arabia needs to be handled by the UN as a terrorist sponsoring nation and given major sanctions.The "royal family" there is as two faced as you could get. They buy who or what they want and sponsor
terrorism around the world.

We all know what none of that will ever occur.

Doesn't mean that it shouldn't.

(04-23-2013 08:38 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Interestingly enough, the extremist hate the ruling Saudi family just as much as they hate the US.

I think that AQ and similar groups hate the House of Saud about 1,000x more than they hate Americans.

Quote:I'm betting a little more will go into these background checks than what the govt is telling us.

I pray that is true, but all of my past experience of dealing with the State (at any level) tells me it is not.

(04-23-2013 09:18 AM)GoApps70 Wrote:  Janet Napolitano is a complete moron. Probably on the take also.

Disagree on both counts. I just think she is a committed and deeply partisan Democrat, with a strong ideological bent against anything she considers to be tantamount to "profiling".

Quote:The "royal family" there is as two faced as you could get. They buy who or what they want and sponsor terrorism around the world.

Very true.

Even if Janet Napolitano is a strong ideological bent Democrat, she is still a complete moron; but I repeat myself.