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On the recordDecember 9, 2009
It is inevitable that terrorist groups are going to link up with the Mexican drug cartels to smuggle either terrorists into this country using well-known successful smuggling routes or perhaps a weapon of mass destruction of some sort.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Senator Collins warns of potential collaboration between terrorists and drug cartels.

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