Lack of Coordination Delays Security Program
A Senate panel voted to delay a post-Sept. 11 border security program requiring passports or other high-tech IDs for everyone entering the United States after concerns about lagging technology and poor coordination with Canada.
The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved the 17-month delay, until June 1, 2009, for fully implementing the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, said a lack of coordination among U.S. agencies and between Washington and Ottawa required the postponement to avoid a “train wreck.”
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