Janet Napolitano thinks 9/11 terrorists came over Canadian border

Via this comes this CBC interview with Janet Napolitano of the Department of Homeland Security:

Napolitano: ...Nonetheless, to the extent that terrorists have come into our country or suspected or known terrorists have entered our country across a border, it's been across the Canadian border. There are real issues there.

(Neil Macdonald of the CBC): Are you talking about the 9/11 perpetrators?

[Napolitano]: Not just those but others as well. So again, every country is entitled to have a border. It's part of sovereignty. It's part of knowing who's in the country.

The "millennium bomber" who tried to blow up LAX did come over the Canadian border. However, the 9/11 terrorists did not; they came here on visas as described at the first link. See "Visas for Terror".

It's also worth noting that those linked to terrorist groups have come over the Mexican border. See this, this, Chapter 3 of the 9/11 Commission Staff Report, this, and the Diversity Visa Lottery. I might have read more government reports on this than Napolitano, and that's not a good sign.

UPDATE: It was all just a crazy dream: link. The Canadian ambassador spoke out against her remarks, then Napolitano issued a statement saying she knew the 9/11 hijackers didn't come over the Canadian border, then Canada says apology accepted but they still want a meeting. Then, she said:

"The fact of the matter is that Canada allows people into its country that we do not allow into ours," she told a Canadian participant who asked her to explain why the Canada and Mexico borders should be treated equally. "That's why you have to have a border and you have to have border policies that make sense."

Tue, 04/21/2009 - 06:22 · · Importance: 6