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...tech whiz; he or she will oversee the hugely expensive, long overdue, crucial information systems upgrade, code-named Trilogy. The FBI computers have to be engineered talk to each other and to INS, Customs and State computers to make sure no more terrorists get through the visa system. Problem is, with first-rate IT people able to command their own prices, even in this economy, why would anybody go to work on old-school government gear for peanuts...
...dilemma for us," says a senior government official. "If the fighting in Afghanistan goes on, many more refugees are bound to try to come. But we can't be seen to be deporting hundreds of desperate Muslims." And there's the rub for Malaysia, where the relaxed visa requirements for travelers from Muslim countries?combined with what some critics describe as often less-than-vigilant immigration procedures?have made it the main Asian hub for the people-smuggling syndicates...
...passed through Malaysia on their way to Indonesia to board the ship. There has been talk in recent weeks in Kuala Lumpur of a variety of measures that might be taken to plug the holes through which the flow of refugees pours?a temporary amnesty, a move to limit visa-free entry to certain countries?but so far no action...
Zakariya Essabar, 24 Moroccan Status: Wanted. International warrant issued by German police. Shared the same address in Hamburg as hijackers Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi. He allegedly helped plan the Sept. 11 attacks but failed to get a U.S. entry visa. Pictured in wedding photo with hijackers...
...paying has taken a back seat to inventing a real homeland-defense system. How bad are deficits when the borders are still so porous? President Bush launched a foreign terrorist?tracking force to better coordinate the sharing of information among various agencies, and he ordered the ins to make visa and immigration guidelines more strict. All these actions, Administration officials hope, will help make such alerts unnecessary in the future. In the meantime, Americans are left to decide for themselves just what to do when the government tells them that danger is lurking around the corner...