LOOK NORTH – AT 8:16 A.M. ET:  When we think of border security, we tend to look south.  But there are new concerns about our northern border, especially after the election of a leftish government in Canada.  From the Washington Examiner: 

The U.S.-Canada border is the likely path for terrorists to invade the country, according to top national security experts and Congress's most comprehensive review of America's 19,000 miles of coasts and land borders.

"The nexus between known or suspected terrorists in eastern Canada and the northern parts of the U.S. represent [sic] a significant national security threat," said a new report from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, a conclusion reached as Canada decided to settle 25,000 Syrian refugees by March.

"The border is not secure," Sen. Ron Johnson, the Wisconsin Republican who is chairman of the committee, told Secrets. He included the southern border, where he said that drug cartels are teaming with "potentially Islamic terror organizations."

He raised concerns about the rushed refugee plans of new Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "It is a concern with the new prime minister, Trudeau, opening up his border to refugees. They can come into America, so I would say that increases our risk," Johnson said.

COMMENT:  For years America had a wonderful friend in Canadian Prime Minister Steve Harper.  He was defeated for re-election, and his successor, Justin Trudeau, is a kid and a lightweight.  His father, the late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, was a bit on the anti-American side. 

We have reason for concern.  Getting into the U.S. from Canada is easy.  And escaping into Canada is just as easy.

December 7, 2015