Views to the South Divided Down the Middle

Published April 9, 2008

Some observers suspected a late April Fools' Day prank when U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff dropped a bombshell of sorts at an otherwise unremarkable Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on April 2.

Under questioning from Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, Chertoff seemed to confirm Bush administration plans to spend $4 million on "fixed facilities within 100 miles of the Canadian...