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Re: Rudd, I'm pissed off aren't you?
Well it's good to know that you know how terrorists arrive in this country, we can rely on that information can we ?
In any case they were illegal imigrants. if you let them in you send a message to the rest of the world that they just have to get here and they get Govt assistance and welfare payments from day one.
Some quotes from asio web site. It appears the Libs were looking in the wrong place
2006-07, ASIO completed 53 387 visa security assessments and issued adverse assessments in relation to seven individuals seeking entry to Australia. This advice was based on rigorous assessments of the potential threat to Australia's security of allowing these individuals entry. Asio home page
Faheem Khalid Lodhi - a highly educated professional who was well established in the community - was convicted in June 2006 for planning a terrorist attack on Australian soil.
Lodhi's plans to attack the electricity supply system may have been directed at causing damage to property but would probably also have resulted in the death or injury of innocent civilians.
And, as noted by Justice Wheatley, such attacks would 'instil terror into members of the public so that they could never again feel free from the threat
director general asio speech
Terroists do not arrive in leaky boats which have a chance of sinking or being detected they arrive at international airports with the best false identities money can buy
Well it's good to know that you know how terrorists arrive in this country, we can rely on that information can we ?
In any case they were illegal imigrants. if you let them in you send a message to the rest of the world that they just have to get here and they get Govt assistance and welfare payments from day one.