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To: john who wrote (5261)	9/25/2001 12:05:10 PM
From: john	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

What can Canada do to tighten travel-security measures? globeandmail.ca By JEFF SALLOT Tuesday, September 25, 2001 – Page A6 OTTAWA -- Canada will tighten procedures for issuing passports in the wake of the terrorist attacks two weeks ago in the United States, Foreign Affairs Minister John Manley says. Mr. Manley, whose department is responsible for issuing the travel documents, said he wants to make the Canadian passport "the most secure in the world." This will involve not only adding security features to passports to make forgery more difficult, but also tightening procedures for the verification of birth and baptismal certificates that are used by the passport office to determine Canadian citizenship, he said. Federal law-enforcement and intelligence officials said they have still not established a direct link between Canada and the terrorists who attacked New York and Washington on Sept. 11. Nevertheless, U.S. officials have been concerned for some time about the apparent ease with which some terrorist suspects have been able to obtain Canadian identity documents, including passports. Two years ago, Algerian-born Ahmed Ressam was arrested as he tried to enter the United States with a fake Canadian passport and a car full of explosives, intent on a terrorist attack. And last June, Nabil Al-Marabh, 34, a Kuwaiti-born man, tried to sneak into the United States with a forged Canadian passport. A man with that name was detained last week near Chicago in the FBI investigation into the New York and Washington attacks. Two Israeli intelligence officers were caught in Jordan four years ago using doctored Canadian passports. Mr. Manley said the Sept. 11 attacks are forcing everyone in the federal government to re-examine security procedures, and in his department that means looking at passports. He said details of the new procedures are to be announced "fairly soon." Mr. Manley and Defence Minister Art Eggleton said the United States has still not asked Canada for any military assistance in the antiterrorist campaign. Nor have any of the European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance been asked for military help, Mr. Manley told reporters. Mr. Eggleton said the Canadian Forces have certain capabilities that the Americans might find useful, and these probably would be made available if asked. The government, however, would need to consult Parliament before deploying troops abroad, officials say. Mr. Manley said Canada can also help the United States on the diplomatic front in organizations such as the Commonwealth and la Francophonie. Meanwhile, Solicitor-General Lawrence MacAulay refused to say whether any of the suspected terrorist groups and individuals on a list released yesterday by the U.S. government operate in Canada. Mr. MacAulay said Canada does not release such lists. Justice Minister Anne McLellan said she is not concerned that Canada might become a haven for terrorist suspects fleeing possible capital punishment in the United States. She said that despite Supreme Court rulings, she can still order the extradition of fugitives in extraordinary cases even if they might be executed. She would not speculate about whether the Sept. 11 attacks would qualify.

To: john who wrote (5261)	9/25/2001 12:09:11 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire	Respond to of 27666

U.S. Forbids Interview With Taliban Leader on Public Radio Israeli media have yet another lesson to learn from the U.S. The U.S. State Department has forbidden Voice of America to broadcast an already-taped interview with Pakistani Taliban leader Mola Muhammad Omar. The State Department said that the American taxpayer need not pay for anti-American propaganda. Last week, many Israeli media pundits said that Israeli journalists could learn from the way in which their American counterparts covered the WTC and Pentagon attacks - without gory photos and without an immediate search for whom to blame. israelnationalnews.com