James Traficant: “America's soft underbelly was shown on September 11. Now is the time to get down to business. I believe the CIA and the…”

“America's soft underbelly was shown on September 11. Now is the time to get down to business. I believe the CIA and the FBI have been not only negligent; but, by God, I do not think we have much of an intelligence program. That is no slight or offense to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Goss), the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), or our intelligence apparatus here in the House. I believe the editorial that says that Mr. Tenet should step down is absolutely correct. My amendment today deals with an issue that has been controversial, to say the least. Mr. Speaker, we have one border patrol agent for every two miles of border, and that does not include the Canadian border. My God, a guerrilla force could cross our border with a nuclear device and kill millions of Americans; and we have taken it lightly. I think Congress had better take a close look at the national security checkpoint of the United States, which is our border, and take a look. A lot of people, I believe, are on the payroll who are not doing their jobs.”