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Gov't Accountability Office Slams DHS Control Of Northern Border

Ryan J. Reilly | February 2, 2011, 8:37AM

Janet Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security have long been facing criticism over whether the feds are doing enough to secure the Mexican border. But the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report this week that the government is ignoring the threat on the porous border shared with our neighbors to the north.

DHS has been challenged in its efforts to address the threat of illegal activity on the northern border "where the extent of illegal activity is unknown, but the risk of terrorist
activity is high," the authors of the GAO report write.

The GAO's review of reports from 2010 showed that for the northern border overall, just 32 of the nearly 4,000 border miles had reached an acceptable level of control.

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