Daily News Record Op-Ed (Harrisonburg, Virginia)
The Bush administration said on June 19 that it would be flexible in enforcing a new passport requirement for Americans who return by land or sea from Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
In signaling a partial retreat from strict implementation of new security rules, State Department officials acknowledged mismanaging an initial phase-in for air travelers that produced a backlog of almost three million passport applications and quadrupled waiting time from three weeks to three months.
Sen. David Vitter, R-La., said, "This is just another example of ineptness that absolutely destroys Americans’ — including mine — confidence in the federal government doing anything right, competently."
Posted by tyne at June 23, 2007