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<title>NCPR Topical RSS: The Border Since 9-11</title>
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<itunes:summary>NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.</itunes:summary>
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<title>U.S.-Canadian border changes since 9/11</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18372/20110909/u-s-canadian-border-changes-since-9-11</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 9, 2011) In the years since the September 11 attacks, life has changed along the U.S. – Canadian border.  What used to be an informal crossing, has become militarized, and its changed the lives and expectations of people who live nearby.  Julie Grant takes a look back at some of ways life has changed along the border, and whether it’s making Americans safer. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18372/20110909/u-s-canadian-border-changes-since-9-11">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Julie Grant</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the years since the September 11 attacks, life has changed along the U.S. – Canadian border.  What used to be an informal crossing, has become militarized, and its changed the lives and expectations of people who live nearby.  Julie Grant takes a look back at some of ways life has changed along the border, and whether it’s making Americans safer. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18372/20110909/u-s-canadian-border-changes-since-9-11">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>09:16</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, politics, environment, history, terror, September 11, 9/11, border, Canada, security, [loc:44.6994873 -73.4529124], topstory, crossings911</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Security complicates boating along the border</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18234/20110819/security-complicates-boating-along-the-border</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 19, 2011) It’s been a year of uncertainty for boaters along the St. Lawrence River. The U.S.-Canada border snakes down the St. Lawrence through the Thousand Islands past Massena, NY. When Canadian border agents seized an American fishing boat earlier this season, they upset a long held understanding of U.S. boaters.  Roy Anderson hadn’t docked or anchored.  He had simply drifted across the international border.  Canadian border agents said Anderson hadn’t checked in at a port of entry. They  forced him to pay $1000 or have his boat seized. American boaters were shocked.  They didn’t know they needed to check in with Canada when drifting.Anderson has since gotten most of his money back from the Canadian government.  And politicians on both sides of the border are trying to provide some clarity about what is and isn&apos;t OK. Charter boat captains hope something can be done.  They say the dispute is bad for business. Julie Grant went to Clayton to see firsthand the challenges of boating the border. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18234/20110819/security-complicates-boating-along-the-border">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Julie Grant</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It’s been a year of uncertainty for boaters along the St. Lawrence River. The U.S.-Canada border snakes down the St. Lawrence through the Thousand Islands past Massena, NY. When Canadian border agents seized an American fishing boat earlier this season, they upset a long held understanding of U.S. boaters.  Roy Anderson hadn’t docked or anchored.  He had simply drifted across the international border.  Canadian border agents said Anderson hadn’t checked in at a port of entry. They  forced him to pay $1000 or have his boat seized. American boaters were shocked.  They didn’t know they needed to check in with Canada when drifting.Anderson has since gotten most of his money back from the Canadian government.  And politicians on both sides of the border are trying to provide some clarity about what is and isn&apos;t OK. Charter boat captains hope something can be done.  They say the dispute is bad for business. Julie Grant went to Clayton to see firsthand the challenges of boating the border. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18234/20110819/security-complicates-boating-along-the-border">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>05:56</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>topstory, photolead, economy, politics, st. lawrence river, canada, border, boating, tourism, fishing, [loc:44.2750459 -76.1163348], topstory, crossings911</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Schumer wants efficient, safer border</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17675/20110518/schumer-wants-efficient-safer-border</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (May 18, 2011) Sen.Chuck Schumer says Homeland Security will begin tapping into Canadian military radar later this year to detect low-flying aircraft used to smuggle drugs from Canada into the United States.Schumer also says a border security task force of several U.S. and Canadian agencies will be established in Massena by October. At a hearing he chaired in Washington yesterday, New York&apos;s senior senator questioned Department of Homeland Security officials about new initiatives to balance commerce with fighting drug trafficking.  Ryan Morden has more from Washington. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17675/20110518/schumer-wants-efficient-safer-border">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: NCPR News</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sen.Chuck Schumer says Homeland Security will begin tapping into Canadian military radar later this year to detect low-flying aircraft used to smuggle drugs from Canada into the United States.Schumer also says a border security task force of several U.S. and Canadian agencies will be established in Massena by October. At a hearing he chaired in Washington yesterday, New York&apos;s senior senator questioned Department of Homeland Security officials about new initiatives to balance commerce with fighting drug trafficking.  Ryan Morden has more from Washington. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17675/20110518/schumer-wants-efficient-safer-border">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:01</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>economy, politics, border, security, homeland, canada, stlv, globalization, immigration, , [loc:38.8951118 -77.0363658], photolead, topstory, crossings911</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Citizenship questions far from the border</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16318/20100917/citizenship-questions-far-from-the-border</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 17, 2010) Across the North Country, border patrol road checkpoints where agents stop cars and ask passengers their citizenship have become a part of daily life.  Today we have a story about another step in the creeping influence of homeland security inside the border.It’s now become commonplace for federal agents to board buses and trains across Upstate New York and ask passengers for proof of citizenship.  The checks are sweeping up some drugs and illegal immigrants, but also people who are here legally. David Sommerstein reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16318/20100917/citizenship-questions-far-from-the-border">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: David Sommerstein</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Across the North Country, border patrol road checkpoints where agents stop cars and ask passengers their citizenship have become a part of daily life.  Today we have a story about another step in the creeping influence of homeland security inside the border.It’s now become commonplace for federal agents to board buses and trains across Upstate New York and ask passengers for proof of citizenship.  The checks are sweeping up some drugs and illegal immigrants, but also people who are here legally. David Sommerstein reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16318/20100917/citizenship-questions-far-from-the-border">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>06:31</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>topstory, transportation, public safety, security, homeland security, politics, law, criminal justice, canton, stlv, tijf, adirondacks, education, international, foreign, immigration, suny potsdam, [loc:44.5956163 -75.1690942], crossings911</itunes:keywords>
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<title>ACLU challenges citizen laptop searches</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 14, 2010) Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union and two other groups filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security over its searches of electronic devices on the US-Canada border. The government argues that it has the authority to search the contents of laptops, PDAs, and other electronic devices in the same way that they would search a briefcase or backpack. That means they don’t need a warrant and they don’t need probable cause. The ACLU says the government searches thousands of computers every year. Part of the case is based on the experience of Pascal Abidor, an American from New York City who studies at McGill University in Montreal. He was detained at the border crossing north of Plattsburgh in May while traveling home to visit his mother.  He says border agents then confiscated his computer.“They asked everything about my life and about my interests,&quot; Abidor says.  &quot;Why I’m interested in Islam, why I traveled to the Middle East.&quot;According to Abidor, DHS scrutinized his laptop, looking through files that he considers to be personal. &quot;I was able to determine that they looked extensively at my personal photos and at my saved personal chats with my girlfriend,&quot; he said.ACLU attorney Catherine Crump spoke in-depth about the case with Bob Garfield, host of WNYC’s program “On the Media.” [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16311/20100914/aclu-challenges-citizen-laptop-searches">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: NCPR News</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union and two other groups filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security over its searches of electronic devices on the US-Canada border. The government argues that it has the authority to search the contents of laptops, PDAs, and other electronic devices in the same way that they would search a briefcase or backpack. That means they don’t need a warrant and they don’t need probable cause. The ACLU says the government searches thousands of computers every year. Part of the case is based on the experience of Pascal Abidor, an American from New York City who studies at McGill University in Montreal. He was detained at the border crossing north of Plattsburgh in May while traveling home to visit his mother.  He says border agents then confiscated his computer.“They asked everything about my life and about my interests,&quot; Abidor says.  &quot;Why I’m interested in Islam, why I traveled to the Middle East.&quot;According to Abidor, DHS scrutinized his laptop, looking through files that he considers to be personal. &quot;I was able to determine that they looked extensively at my personal photos and at my saved personal chats with my girlfriend,&quot; he said.ACLU attorney Catherine Crump spoke in-depth about the case with Bob Garfield, host of WNYC’s program “On the Media.” [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16311/20100914/aclu-challenges-citizen-laptop-searches">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>06:24</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>topstory, photolead, border, security, aclu, department of homeland security, terror, [loc:44.6994873 -73.4529124], crossings911</itunes:keywords>
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