Security weakened at U.S. entries?

INS inspectors pulled from duty on some days to save money

By Brock N. Meeks
MSNBC

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 — A $20 million budget shortfall is forcing cuts at U.S. ports of entry that could impact security, MSNBC.com has learned. The deficit has led officials to make a series of security compromises that include replacing INS inspectors with their less-qualified, lower-paid Customs counterparts on heavily trafficked Sundays and holidays. U.S. officials, who announced Tuesday a plan to merge these inspector jobs into a single position, denied that the current cost-saving measures weaken security in any way.

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Gee. At the same time we are spending billions to find weapons of mass destruction that do not exist, we are cutting basic homeland security here at home. Wow. The mind boggles.