U.S. Customs and Border Protection

[edit] The Mahalo Top 7

1. Official site: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
2. How Stuff Works: U.S. Customs Service
3. Wikipedia.org: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
4. USA Jobs: CBP jobs
5. CBP.gov: CBP Travel Spotlight
6. National Border Patrol Museum
7. Google news:    Last 3 headlines
   • Las Cruces Woman Arrested For Drugs At El Paso Border - KRWG 90.7
   • Program to help truckers attracts drug smugglers - The Associated Press
   • Agents seize bongs at LA Harbor listed as Christmas ornaments - Los Angeles Times

[edit] U.S. Customs and Border Protection Recent News

• CBP offical site:    Last 3 headlines
  • Statement by CBP Acting Commissioner Jayson Ahern on Today's Guilty Plea in the Case of Murdered Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas
  • National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center Partners Take Part in International Week of Action on Illegal Pharmaceuticals
  • Secretary Napolitano Announces Rule Proposing Permanent Global Entry Program
• AP: "Feds offer tidbits about more virtual fencing in Arizona" (July 2007)
• Newsweek: "Border Disorder: Sgt. Julio Cesar Pacheco won a Purple Heart in Iraq. Now he sits in a Laredo jail. What happened in Texas?" (2007)
• National Public Radio: U.S. Customs and Border Protection - search results  
• WashingtonPost.com: Articles on Customs and Border Patrol  
• CNN.com: News and Videos about Customs and Border Protection

[edit] U.S. Customs and Border Protection Background and Articles

• CBP.gov: Commissioner W. Ralph Basham
• "9/11 Commission Report" (2004)
• CBP.gov: Historical Information
• WhiteHouse.gov: "Ask the White House: W. Ralph Basham" (2006)
• International Herald Tribune: "Laptops give up their secrets to U.S. customs agents" (2006)
• NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: "American Port Safety" (2006)
• National Defense Magazine: "U.S. Customs Goes High-Tech for Cargo Security" (2005)
• Smithsonian Magazine: Article on the Native American Shadow Wolves unit of the Border Patrol (2003)
• National Geographic: "U.S. Customs Bureau Enlists Dogs in War on Terror" (2003)
• Salon.com: "The Art of Recovery: At U.S. Customs, finding and retrieving stolen paintings takes an old master" (2000)

[edit] U.S. Customs and Border Protection Videos and Media

• CBP.gov: Photo Gallery
• YouTube.com: "US Customs and Border Protection - Mission and Goals"
• C-SPAN: U.S. Customs and Border Protection - search results
• New York Times: "Left Behind by the Border Fence"

[edit] U.S. Customs and Border Protection Blogs and Message Boards

• National Border Patrol Council: "Bush pressed to pardon border agents" (2007)
• Grits for Breakfast: "Should corporate mercenaries guard Texas' border? Meet DynCorp" (2007)
• Customs Law: "CBP News of the Weird" (2007)
• Message board: Local 1613 Border Patrol agents

[edit] U.S. Customs Criticism and Controversy

• MyWestTexas.com: "Cornyn, Sutton hash out Border Patrol sentences" (July 2007)
• Houston Chronicle: "Senate panel will examine border agents' convictions" (July 2007)
• New York Times: "Tangle of Conflicting Accounts in TB Patient's Odyssey" (June 2007)
• Government Accountability Office: "Persistent Weaknesses in the In-Bond Cargo System Impede Customs and Border Protection’s Ability to Address Revenue, Trade, and Security Concerns" (2007)
• Government Accountability Office: "Better Data Analysis and Integration Could Help U.S. Customs and Border Protection Improve Border Enforcement Efforts" (2007)

[edit] U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Fiction and Culture

• YouTube: The Package (2006)
• Google Music: Lila Downs, Border (La Linea) (2001)
• IMDb: The Border (1982)
• IMDb: Maria Full of Grace (2004)
• IMDb: Babel (2006)
• Amazon: Border Dogs (fiction)
• Amazon: YESTER-KNIGHTS: The Life and Times of a U.S. Customs Agent (memoir)
• Amazon: books by Jim Sanderson, whose work includes mysteries about a Border Patrol agent (El Camino del Rio and La Mordida)

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