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New US terrorism report urges more international cooperation
The National Counterterrorism Center released a 60-page document that urges immigration changes and lays out programs aimed at preventing terrorists from traveling in the US.
The Center called for immigration officials to have the information they need to weed out potential terrorists trying to get into the country.
The group also recommends increased information sharing about potential or suspected terrorists within the government and with foreign allies.
Many of the programs have already become part of traveler’s routines since 9-11. Watch lists, airport screening and enhanced passport requirements, for example, have already been in place.
But other suggested initiatives such as terrorism task forces are new.
The document says border security organizations need to increase the number of tips they pass on to law enforcement agencies.
The year-long study also concluded that travel information needs to more often be shared with allies, and that other countries should be encouraged to shut down illegal immigrant smugglers and document forgers.
Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schlosser, the center’s deputy director, said:
“No matter how good, no matter how much work, no matter how much money the US puts into all of the different things that we have done and want to do to prevent terrorist travel in the United States, if we don’t have really capable foreign partners….then we are not going to be successful.”
Much of the US’s problem stems from overseas, said David Heyman, director of the private Center for Strategic and International Studies. Even if the US did everything it could within its borders to prevent the illegal movement of people, only about 5% of the problem would be covered.
“The real question is, ‘what are the measures of success and how do we know we’re successful’?” he told Canada.com.
The center also recommended the US government work with its immigration Canadian counterparts to come up with a common watch-list screening procedure and system that would apply to everyone crossing the border in either direction.
Report by David Wilkening
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