According to the DHS, out of 167 employees of a naval contractor, 86 are illegal aliens. The aliens painted Navy ships at the Naval Station San Diego and, of course, had some degree of access to the base and its 50+ ships. You know, those ships we use in battles and stuff like that.

The AP report is "Navy contract workers found to be illegal immigrants", and it mentions that the contractor seems to have been a bit lax in their vetting process: some of the aliens' IDs had smudge marks and [s]ome had misspellings. One phony Social Security card read: "Contac your local Social Security office for any other matter regar" [sic].

Considering this case and the generally porous borders, one is dumfounded to understand how anyone could have lost to Bush. The opportunities Bush gave were a bit like, if I might mix my metaphors, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar lifting you up to the basket and Shaq handing you the ball. All Kerry had to do was drop it a vertical foot. Instead, he pretended not to see the basket and started pontificating on his days playing football.

Previously, just today in fact: "Illegal Workers Raise Security Concerns".