{"id":2006,"date":"2009-04-24T16:28:17","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T20:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=2006"},"modified":"2009-12-29T18:41:57","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T23:41:57","slug":"john-mccain-9-11-hijackers-entered-us-from-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/24\/john-mccain-9-11-hijackers-entered-us-from-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"John McCain: 9-11 Hijackers Entered U.S. From Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh jeez… First it was Janet Napolitano<\/a> now it’s John McCain repeating a the highly dubious claim that the 9-11 hijackers entered the United Sates through Canada<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s up with Arizona politicians?<\/p>\n

Arizona Sen. John McCain made the dubious claim Friday that Sept. 11 hijackers entered the United States through Canada — just days after Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the former governor of Arizona, said the same thing.<\/p>\n

Napolitano retracted her claim on Thursday after Canadian officials chided her for the remark, calling it an unfortunate misconception. Napolitano admitted Thursday that she made a mistake — since the 9\/11 Commission concluded that the hijackers entered the U.S. from overseas.<\/p>\n

But when asked about the gaffe on FOX News Friday, McCain said: “Well, some of the 9\/11 hijackers did come through Canada, as you know.”<\/p>\n

This drew an instant retort from the Canadian embassy, which re-issued Canadian Ambassador Michael Wilson’s public comments from Tuesday, in which he said:<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, misconceptions arise on something as fundamental as where the 9\/11 terrorists came from. As the 9\/11 Commission reported in July 2004, all of the 9\/11 terrorists arrived in the U.S. from outside North America. They flew to major U.S. airports. They entered the U.S. with documents issued to them by the U.S. government. No 9\/11 terrorists came from Canada.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Idiot, Senator you might want to review the 9-11 commission report… The 9\/11 hijackers DID NOT enter this country through Canada. They entered the country directly from overseas with documents issued by the U.S. Government.<\/p>\n

Got it? Good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oh jeez… First it was Janet Napolitano now it’s John McCain repeating a the highly dubious claim that the 9-11 hijackers entered the United Sates through Canada: What’s up with Arizona politicians? Arizona Sen. John McCain made the dubious claim Friday that Sept. 11 hijackers entered the United States through Canada — just days after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[73,7],"tags":[117,625,537,40,467],"class_list":{"0":"post-2006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-international-affairs","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-117","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-janet-napolitano","11":"tag-john-mccain","12":"tag-stupidity","13":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-wm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1996,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/22\/gaffestastic-napolitano-strikes-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":2006,"position":0},"title":"Gaffestastic: Napolitano Strikes Again","author":"Jeff","date":"April 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The hits just keep coming... 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