[wahyinghung]

WASHINGTON — Former Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday said he believed some of the 9/11 hijackers entered the United States from Canada, triggering a new round of frustration and anger among Canadian government officials only days after a similar remark by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

McCain, an Arizona senator who has championed free trade ties with Canada, told Fox News Napolitano was accurate when she suggested the terrorists responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington crossed into the U.S. across the Canadian border.

"Well, some of the 9/11 hijackers did come through Canada, as you know," McCain said when asked if he was worried Napolitano was misinformed.

The comment prompted the Canadian embassy in Washington to contact McCain's office to set the record straight — as it did with the homeland security secretary earlier in the week.

"We did ask the Senator to correct his comments at the earliest opportunity," said one embassy official.

When told of McCain's remark, Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty expressed exasperation at the persistence of the 9/11 myth despite years of efforts by Canada to inform U.S. lawmakers it is not true.

"It is unfortunate that what is a statement that is not true is repeated from time to time. It's just factually wrong," said Flaherty, who was in Washington for meetings of the G7 and G20 finance ministers.

"The secretary (Napolitano) the other day made clear she was mistaken when she said the same thing. So I would hope people wouldn't want to make statements that are inaccurate so we don't hear much of that anymore."

Napolitano, a former Arizona governor, has faced calls for her resignation from some Republican lawmakers for a series of recent gaffes as the new head of Homeland Security.

On Friday, Napolitano apologized to the American legion — the nation's largest veterans group — for a departmental report earlier this month that warned veterans returning home from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could be recruited to right-wing extremist groups.

She was subject to a public rebuke on Wednesday by Canadian ambassador Michael Wilson for the 9/11 reference, but also for telling an interviewer: "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."

She has also rankled Canadian officials by suggesting there be "parity" in security measures along America's northern and southern borders, despite vastly higher levels of illegal immigration from Mexico and the deadly drug war raging along the Mexico-U.S. border.

On that front, McCain rose to Canada's defence — saying the security conditions on the Canadian and Mexican borders with the U.S. could not be compared.

"The difference, obviously, is, with all due respect to the Mexicans, there's not corruption on our northern border," McCain said. "And, unfortunately, there is significant corruption, great corruption and drug cartels on our southern border."

Ottawa has been forced repeatedly in the years since 9/11 to combat the belief at the most senior levels of the U.S. government that the terrorists had a Canadian connection — even though several investigations into the attacks showed all 19 hijackers were in the U.S. legally and had arrived at airports from other countries of origin.

That a senator who could have been U.S. president still thinks the 9/11attackers came from Canada startled embassy officials.

The belief stems largely from erroneous reports in several U.S. newspapers in the days immediately following the attacks.
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/McCain+says+hijackers+entered+from+Canada/1531849/story.html

[Nightwalker]

I thought they did come through Canada, probably from those same news reports right after it happened they talked about lol.

whoops!

[murd0c]

Wasn't it made public that they used student visas to get in direct through the US?

[El Bastardo]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/nation-world/terroristwithin/chapter11.html

[johny]

isn't it the US's job to block people coming in?... so basically they are admitting their customs guys are at fault.

[StylinRed]

who cares mcccains a nobody

[ZhangFei]

9/11 was an inside job!

[Sid Vicious]

9/11 was an inside job!

...and you're a fucking retard (if you're being serious)

[trancehead]

^hahahaha

theres stickers plastered all over UBC saying 9/11 was an inside job

[Sid Vicious]

^hahahaha

theres stickers plastered all over UBC saying 9/11 was an inside job

i can't believe those fucking nutjobs/retards are being let into ubc

[CanadaGoose]

^ McCain says Canada let them into UBC

[StylinRed]

...and you're a fucking retard (if you're being serious)



yeah and we know exactly what happened dont we...... just like how the news reported tower 7 having collapsed before it did... and how there's no explanation for why/how it eventually collapsed

lets just ignore the fact and call it an "anomoly"


911TRUTH.COM!! edit oh its .org :P

[Corey Darling]

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[CRS]

I'm paging +TheOne+...

He should arrive shortly...

[Iceman-19]

hahaha, a chuck of building made it collapse like a demolision? jesus christ people.

[Corey Darling]

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[scheng924]

there is no god damn conspiracy regarding 9/11.....

and yes.. george bush does business with the bin laden family.... but that's not a conspiracy it's a fact

[welfare]

if you honestly don't, at the very least, believe that the us government, or certain members thereof, had prior knowledge of the attack, you need to open your bloody eyes

[Corey Darling]

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[welfare]

weren't those buildings designed to withstand multiple hits, like the ones which allegedly took them down?

[Corey Darling]

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[welfare]

i really don't care to prove anybody wrong. all i want to know is the truth. it will surface. it always does. may take decades, but eventually, it will. just judging by america's past bungled cover-ups, i wouldn't say it's much of a long shot to put your money on what the majority of people are believing

[Corey Darling]

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[Sid Vicious]

I can't believe how stupid you 911 conspiracy theorists are.

your tellingly me, the us government willingly spend hundreds of millions of dollars to blow up, rebuild, two towers and WILLINGLY killed thousands of their own citizens? give me a fucking break.

the #1 arguement against these conspiracies is the fact that the loose change creators are still alive. if the us government had no problem killing thousands of its own people, what are a couple more dead to stop these videos from being made?

the idiocy is overwhelming

[Corey Darling]

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[welfare]

I can't believe how stupid you 911 conspiracy theorists are.

your tellingly me, the us government willingly spend hundreds of millions of dollars... WILLINGLY killed thousands of their own citizens? give me a fucking break.

you act as if it's something that has never been done

the #1 arguement against these conspiracies is the fact that the loose change creators are still alive. if the us government had no problem killing thousands of its own people, what are a couple more dead to stop these videos from being made?

the idiocy is overwhelming
i won't even dignify this gabber with a response

[Iceman-19]

Alot of people believe the media, its up to YOU to look beyond it.

[antonito]

hahaha, a chuck of building made it collapse like a demolision? jesus christ people.

I love how truthers have basically changed the meaning (and apparently spelling :P) of demolition to "building falls in downward direction"

Speaks volumes when these people don't even understand how gravity works

[FiveDime]

anyone care to explain the pentagon?

[rslater]

anyone care to explain the pentagon?

Its' a five-sided polygon. Thats all that needs to be discussed.

[91LS-VTak]

Stiupid uninformed Americans are still trying to shift some of the blame for 9/11 onto Canada and our 'lax' border security. I bet a majority of Americans still believe that some of the 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis. Morons.

[CRS]

Stiupid uninformed Americans are still trying to shift some of the blame for 9/11 onto Canada and our 'lax' border security. I bet a majority of Americans still believe that some of the 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis. Morons.

Too bad entry to the US is their customs agent and not ours. If anything, they are saying how bad of a job they are doing limiting "terrorist" entry into the US.

[welfare]

i think the original intent may have been to instill fear rather than place blame.

[CanadaGoose]

We live in such a messed up world these days, I really don't give a shit about any of it

All I care about is me, and those close to me. If it doesn't effect me directly, I don't care.

Media claims someone important said so and so entered USA through Canada, great, good for them, I really could give a fuck less. Go do something about it then, or sit down and shut up.

[91LS-VTak]

Too bad entry to the US is their customs agent and not ours. If anything, they are saying how bad of a job they are doing limiting "terrorist" entry into the US.

Exactly. By attempting to badmouth our border agents, they are actually pointing out their own failings. Of course, none of the terrorists entered through Canada, so the whole arguemnet is moot.

[billboa]

I can't believe how stupid you 911 conspiracy theorists are.

your tellingly me, the us government willingly spend hundreds of millions of dollars to blow up, rebuild, two towers and WILLINGLY killed thousands of their own citizens? give me a fucking break.
wow........u need to take ur head outta ur ass, yes they may have spent hundreds of millions but how many billion/trillions u think they will make from oil once they have taken over the middle east. It was an staged event made to make Americans hate the middle east, and not care if the USA spent billions invading it.............very much like pearl harbor and how the USA nuked Japan after..............

[CRS]

Exactly. By attempting to badmouth our border agents, they are actually pointing out their own failings. Of course, none of the terrorists entered through Canada, so the whole arguemnet is moot.

Moot like the Republican party.

[Noir]

i think the original intent may have been to instill fear rather than place blame.

I'd say it's bunk just on the basis that it's a pretty significant cost for something so trivial and intangible; among the many other conspiracy theorist reasons... oil, finishing daddy's vendetta, etc.

*** Over 2700 people dead
*** 2 Multi-million landmark towers demolished
*** Market/Financial toll after attack
*** Damage to US reputation

wow........u need to take ur head outta ur ass, yes they may have spent hundreds of millions but how many billion/trillions u think they will make from oil once they have taken over the middle east. It was an staged event made to make Americans hate the middle east, and not care if the USA spent billions invading it.............very much like pearl harbor and how the USA nuked Japan after..............

And JFK was assassinated by the mob
Tupac is still alive
and so is Elvis

:rolleyes:

Even if FDR had knowledge of an impending attack (which is highly plausible), it still does not make him a co-conspirator. Neither does Bush.

BTW, since you have uncovered a plot of collosal proportions, I think your phones are tapped and your e-mails are being monitored and a SWAT team is on stand-by.

[Meowjin]

I can't believe how stupid you 911 conspiracy theorists are.

your tellingly me, the us government willingly spend hundreds of millions of dollars to blow up, rebuild, two towers and WILLINGLY killed thousands of their own citizens? give me a fucking break.

the #1 arguement against these conspiracies is the fact that the loose change creators are still alive. if the us government had no problem killing thousands of its own people, what are a couple more dead to stop these videos from being made?

the idiocy is overwhelming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_flag

There are some well known cases by the USA government.

[Sid Vicious]

wow........u need to take ur head outta ur ass, yes they may have spent hundreds of millions but how many billion/trillions u think they will make from oil once they have taken over the middle east. It was an staged event made to make Americans hate the middle east, and not care if the USA spent billions invading it.............very much like pearl harbor and how the USA nuked Japan after..............

I'm getting insulted by someone who barely has a third grade education? lets review the facts

ever since 2001, the us has...
expanded its debt to almost 11 trillion from, i dont know how much it was before, i believe 6-8
entered a economic recession

where are the BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF IRAQI OIL. don't you think they would not be in the recession they would now if they had these mythical oil fields?

so you think pearl harbor was staged too? what?
do yourself a favour before you insult someone and pick up a book. its clear from your neanderthal post that you know little about anything.

[FiveDime]

I'm getting insulted by someone who barely has a third grade education? lets review the facts

ever since 2001, the us has...
expanded its debt to almost 11 trillion from, i dont know how much it was before, i believe 6-8
entered a economic recession

where are the BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF IRAQI OIL. don't you think they would not be in the recession they would now if they had these mythical oil fields?

so you think pearl harbor was staged too? what?
do yourself a favour before you insult someone and pick up a book. its clear from your neanderthal post that you know little about anything.


If the gov wasnt in on it... Please explain the missing plane that supposidly hit the pentagon.

[Sid Vicious]

If the gov wasnt in on it... Please explain the missing plane that supposidly hit the pentagon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVDdjLQkUV8

what missing plane.

the logic applied by "911 truthers" is ridiculous. blowing up towers the size of WTC would have involed thousands, maybe millions of people to carry out. how did the us government actively stop ALL of them from revealing the truth?

[Noir]

Please explain the missing plane that supposidly hit the pentagon.

Please explain why people equipped with nothing but a computer and an internet connection can uncover a massive international diabolical plot perpetrated by hundreds (possibly thousands) of covert operatives and classified documentation probably archived in the depths of CIA HQ or Pentagon?

[FiveDime]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVDdjLQkUV8

what missing plane.

the logic applied by "911 truthers" is ridiculous. blowing up towers the size of WTC would have involed thousands, maybe millions of people to carry out. how did the us government actively stop ALL of them from revealing the truth?


Ok give your head a shake, use some logic when watching this video

watch this at 2:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rxi793UTHg

[Sid Vicious]

Ok give your head a shake, use some logic when watching this video

watch this at 2:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rxi793UTHg


under description it says "english project"
nice, an underesearched, poorly edited video made by a high school student. very convicing

[FiveDime]

under description it says "english project"
nice, an underesearched, poorly edited video made by a high school student. very convicing



but you still ignore the facts within the video.

And this video was part of zeitgeist if im not mistaken

[Sid Vicious]

but you still ignore the facts within the video.

And this video was part of zeitgeist if im not mistaken

because there are no "facts" in the video

just unsubstantiated, unproven, baseless claims by some paranoid dumbass with too much time on their hands

[FiveDime]

because there are no "facts" in the video

just unsubstantiated, unproven, baseless claims by some paranoid dumbass with too much time on their hands


Did you watch the video?lol
Im pretty sure there was some facts about the size of the engine of the planw, the lack of holes in the pentagon for the size of the engine, and melting points of titanium, in which plane fuel cannot burn at.


Ok if you wont belive a highschool kid with facts.. Will you believe a 2 star army general?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxLf6mTg-io

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Stubblebine

[CivicBlues]

You're a moron FiveDime. Please Off yourself.

[FiveDime]

You're a moron FiveDime. Please Off yourself.



Intelligent.

[CivicBlues]

Intelligent.

I have more intelligence in my left nut than the average 9/11 truther has in his entire body.

[Corey Darling]

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