The Saudi Visa Fiasco

From The New York Post:

9 IN 10 STILL GET SAUDI VISAS

IF al Qaeda wants to strike on U.S. soil before the elections, it still has available to it a gaping loophole it exploited pre-9/11: Saudis' easy access to U.S. visas.

Despite supposed reforms implemented by the State Department, current statistics obtained by this columnist reveal that nearly 90 percent of all Saudi visa applicants get approved. To put this in perspective, applicants in most other Arab nations — the ones that didn't send us 15 of 19 9/11 hijackers — are refused visas three to five times more often than Saudis. ...

As I've said before, the Bush administration is far from perfect, but it will only get worse if Kerry's elected.