FBI: Approach Missing Egyptians with Caution

If we know they are here, how did we allow them to get in illegally to begin with?

Gee, I *wonder* why they’re missing… I would bet you all that they’re nothing more than just a groups of jihadis that we now have roaming our nation. Nice going, Homeland (in)Security.

YIKES!

My comment on this is….they are here illegally????? How in the world did they even get through customs at JFK???? So much for stepped-up measures to protect us. These guys are obviously up to no-good, if they arrived, then disappeared. I suppose the FBI is going to do charts & graphs to see if they are a threat to us. :-(

They’re here illegally because they entered on F1 visas and THEN did not show for class. Not showing up at there school makes there visas invalid. They had valid visas at the airport. Hope that helps.

How about we do this. At each major airport, and at each border crossing, we post singns in all languages the reads the following.
* We have not learned our lesson from 9/11. All illegal immigrants, all terrorists no need to sneak in. Just arrive at any airport, or boder crossing. Walk up to the customs officer and say. I’m an illegal immigrant or a terrorist. I would like entry into your country*. They will have no problem getting in.

How nice! Just in time for a sequel to 9/11. When will we ever learn? A special thanks to all the liberals who fight to allow the F1 Visa program to continue. It’s time to stop this nonsense.

Yes, they were here on student Visa’s then didn’t show up. Read the article.

Something isn’t adding up. The story says they are students but also says they are illegal. If they are students, doesn’t that mean they should have a Visa? I wish to hear more on this story. Did the students have fake Visa’s to make it seem like they were students?

I’m guessing they weren’t illegal until they didn’t show up for classes. (I work in HR). Their visas were probably only good for study, so since they’re not at the university, they’re now in the country illegally.

Something is DEFINATELY wrong here. In todays world this should not have happened, and is completely unforgivable. I have to wonder if they all arrived on the same plane? And if so, shouldn’t 11 known illegals on a plane big a BIG alert to all government agencies. They shoulda been at the gate with cuffs and pistols at the ready.

So, where are their pictures? What do they look like? We can’t be expected to be on alert looking for someone if we don’t have pictures!

Many liberals argue that we can not compromise our freedoms in exchange for greater security from islamic terrorism. However, WHEN we are attacked again, the first casualty will be those freedoms that liberals are defending. By making it more difficult to prevent an attack, we are creating the environment that will lessen our fundamental liberties.

This is not a liberal vs. conservative issue. Please stop claiming that liberals are the problem with allowing potential terror threats into the country.
The issue comes down to the ridiculousness of not using racial profiling. We have a specific group of people from a specific part of the world that want us all to die. Shouldn’t we be investigating groups of “students

Just great students my foot. Find them and get them out we need gto lock the borders and stop sending money to all these secrewed up countries. They are illegal and need removed!

This country will never learn we are in war still to this day and still letting illegal people enter are country. How smart are we? 11 missing will be found on the 11th day of Sept. probably with connection to something bad again for all.

This country will never learn we are in war still to this day and still letting illegal people enter are country. How smart are we? 11 missing will be found on the 11th day of Sept. probably with connection to something bad again for all.

How many more American lives need to be lost before the liberals understand that if we deny entrance into our country and invade the privacy of a few innocent people that we will save thousands of lives. Isn’t that worth it???

ummm, ABC, wouldn’t it make sense to post their photos? I doubt anyone will be able to notice these guys based on their birthdays alone, just a thought.

It wouldn’t be the first time that some students screw up their status by not showing up for classes on time. Except that if those were Germans or Brits, nobody would make a big fuss about it.

Dear Homeland Security — QUESTION: If we can turn airplanes around for names on a do not call list from England and France, then why is it so difficult to watch ELEVEN Middle Eastern Montana student(s) … whom you allowed into the country? ANSWER: Because no one is monitoring these people as they illegally enter (or don’t attend classes) into our country. It seems to me, that before we allow anymore of these “student visas” … that we should have ankle bracelets on them when we are concerned about what their plans are … why not require all Middle Eastern travelers to wear some type of tracking devise … so that other Americans can continue to enjoy their personal freedom without losing it?
In other words, protect our liberty from foriegners and protect AMERICA from losing any of it –

This is never going to stop, so we need to take the steps to stop what we can and prepare for those attacks we can not stop. Stop the F1 visas being issued without an in depth security investigation on the other side, and that at the expense of the visa applicant. On this side, we need to establish our response to the attack that is going to come. There will be no more WTC disaster. The next attack will be with small arms, AK47′s and the like, at small town malls and will be against those areas that can not defend themselves or are ill equipped to do so. To that defense, we need to follow the lead of some of our sister states, make it legal to arm yourself. Carry that weapon so the intruders know we are waiting for them. Another thought would be to look to the millions of trained military personnel who are retired or finished their “hitch” and are now civilians. All of them have been trained in small arms use, safe use. Arm them as auxiliary state police or auxiliary US Marshalls and let them carry a weapon.

If classes don’t start till the 23rd, then the students aren’t even really illegal yet. F-1′s are allowed to enter up to 30 days before their program start date.

Nice, we just do not get it do we? 9/11 was so sad and people are still hurting from all that happened. We are setting our selfs up once again by letting people into the US. Maybe the next time they will take more lives and maybe then we just might get it.

I just called MSU … classes start Aug. 28th. and not Aug. 23rd.

ok wow…half of your comments complain and whine about how they got through customs if they were illegal. They werent illegal when they came here…they were on a student visa, which means they broke the law the first day they didnt show up for classes. Stop blaming liberals or home land security for something they didnt do wrong. oh and i love the right-winged ignorance.

University of Montana classes begin on August 28th. If they’re attending some other Montana school, what’s that school’s first day of classes. If it hasn’t happened yet, when did these “students” not show up for classes, and if it was for a summer session (which began for U of M on June 26th) why wait until now to alert the masses. C’mon ABC news, give more details here. Otherwise, perhaps you’re just helping the GOP with their scare tactics of waiting until they need bogeymen before they release news of missing Arabs without due dilligence into why this is news today rather than a non-primary day closer to the event in question.

How about we focus on a solution to this situation. Are there photographs of these guys? Having their names and ages is nice, but that doesn’t help the average American notice them.

Gee, a setup for another bogus “attack”.
How convenient!
Let’s see … 19 guys made chimps out the ENTIRE US military, so 11 guys can only outfox the DHS, the Army and the Navy.
Maybe their target will be the Amish popcorn stand in Indiana that the DHS identified as a target a couple of weeks ago?

Now I am confused. They arrived in the US about 10 days ago. If it is true that their classes don’t start until August 23rd, 15 days from now, then why have their visas been cancelled?
There are problems with the story.
Whatever turns out to be the truth, it is clearly impractical for a Muslim or Middle Easterner to travel in the US or maybe even in Europe without suspician these days.
There is too much suspician and hatred based on race and religion.
That is certainly not completely new.

Rather than point guilt at the government for losing track of the “students”, take a look at yourselves. I remember every lesson that was learned on September 11th. However, if the listed “students” were from say, italy, there wouldnt have been one reply on this page or about this new article. Racial profiling is being done, whether we believe it to be wrong or not. We must not let the atrocious sins of a group tarnish the name of everyone who follows a certain religion or lives in a certain area of the world.

HHHHHHHHHHHMMMMMMMM…. They are enrolled for classes at montana state university, why in the world did they get flown into JFK, lets ask that again, why did they get flown into JFK, why didn’t they get flown directly to Montana if they are here just for studies and their visas are only good for that, dumb founded stuff. i’m not sure what to think ?

How can they have failed to show up for classes if the classes don’t start until 8/24? This seems like much ado about nothing, just another scare tactic. They are probably doing some site seeing on their way to Montana. people..GET A GRIP!

This is a war for your freedom as Americans, what does American and freedom mean anyway to you? I don’t guess much. Sacrifice your few remaining liberties if you like. Most of you above are idiots don’t deserve either anyway.

I’ve got a good idea. How bout we just stop letting in all these people. “sorry we’re full, come back next year”! Better yet, shoot to kill at the borders, how bout that! I’m sick of all the JIHADS wanting to come over here and mess with america! don’t these idiots know that everyone here just minds there own business and doesnn’t give to flips about what is going on in their country. i saw we pull outta everyone elses business around the globe and let them deal with their own problems!

Google this phrase
“U.S. Is Given Failing Grades By 9/11 Panel”
and you will see who is responsible for allowing our airports, borders and ports to remain unsecure nearly 5 years after the fact.
Hint – They are Americans, but not Liberal.

Before posting comments, I would suggest the authors actually read the article before forming ignorant, ill-formed arguments against these students entry. As one poster commented, the conservatives are in charge, so if the conservative (and obviously illiterate) posters want to condemn someone for failing to stop these students from entering the country legally, than they should blame their own conservative and defective government. Although, I really don’t see how this is conservative versus liberal issue. I see it more of a constitutional issue – anyone here heard of the Bill of Rights- something the conservatives want to give away on a silver platter. Obviously these people do not know their American history. There was a reason the bill of rights was formed. Go back and read your history texts.

There are just two problems with all of this:
A. We only hear about scary stuff when they want to divert attention away from something else, e.g., the CT primaries where Joe “Kiss Me Bush” Lieberman is going to lose
B. We still do NOTHING about Saudis. Remember 15 of the hijackers were Saudi, but as long as Bush is in bed with them, we will do nothing about the real threat, Wahabiists, who come from Saudi Arabia.

I agee with previous comments. Why don’t you people think about what is happening before freaking out that they got here illegally. THEY DIDN’T GET HER ILLEGALLY. They entered the US in a perfectly legal fashion, then became illegal when they broke the confinements of their Visas by not going to class. My gosh. Why don’t you people think before writing.

It is wise for people to be aware that Egypt is not so much different from other Islamic countries that harbor hatred for Americans. Terrorist come from all parts of the middle east. A little bit of self education would have taught you that. No laws were broken for them to come into this country on their visa’s. They became illegal when they did not report as needed to class or to proper authorities for check-in. Reread the article, you must have missed that.
As for being a conservative, I am. I joined the Army at seventeen and everyday I am thankful that I have a country worth fighting for. If more liberals actually physically defended this country as opposed to enjoying our freedoms without working for them then they would appreciate the serious circumstances of the situation.

Here we go again ,After these guys go blowing our people and our buildings up again maybee some of these bleeding heart liberals will wake up to the truth that these people want to destroy us and our way of life.Profiling is not only acceptable its necessary to stop these people

Montana State University? And what courses could those be in August? How do we know that the Bush Administration didn’t plant this as false information to make Americans think that they’re protecting us and to give Bush license to do whatever he pleases?

A nationwide alert? What am I looking for…eleven Egyptians? Now THAT is racial profiling. If any American citizen is supposed to recognize these young men, then why not utilize some highly advanced technology, like eleven PHOTOGRAPHS? (My passport has a photo!)Oh, I ‘get’ it, that might give the ACLU cause for alarm/lawsuits. And many people are raising a good question…are we sure they will not show up at the University (if classes haven’t begun yet?)

As the article states, these were 11 students entering the US. They entered legally, but became illegal after failing to show up for class. Realisticly, there wasn’t much the government could do to prevent these young men from going AWOL short of holding their hands and leading them to class. Furthermore, as one already pointed out, Egypt does not ultimately lead to Taliban. Let’s not jump to conclusions.

I’d be thinking where are the photos’s of these guys? Obviouly with Visa’s they had photo’s..Seems if you want people to be on the lookout, we need to “see” who to be on the lookout for..

OMG . . . I can’t believe that there are still so many ignorant, racist and pathetic people in this country!! Yes, 11 missing men is something of concern, however – THEIR CLASSES HAVEN’T STARTED YET! And to want all middle-easterner’s to wear tracking devices – that is just ABSURD! Italians, Irish, Blacks, Asians and South Americans have all in the past been subjected to racist treatment thanx to the good ole’american WASPS! Now, the kin of these same people who encountered such hatred have become the HATERS! All middle-easterns are not threats! They have the same rights as our ancestors that came here!!

Ketrick, please think about what you just said
“If more liberals actually physically defended this country as opposed to enjoying our freedoms without working for them then they would appreciate the serious circumstances of the situation.”
How did George aWol Bush and Dick Deferment Cheney defend our country? More importantly, what makes anyone think that they are qualified to protect us or lead us into battle?

Now that Castro is ill President Bush want to relax the immigration rules for poor communist Cubans tring to migrate to this country. Why not.. look what we did for communist China and look what China is doing for us?

Homeland Security is a broad range of departments all together. In my opionion there are too many chief’s and not enough indians. But they are doing the best job they can. So give them a break. I wish they had posted pictures of the guys…then we would know what they looked like.

For all who are showing their patriotic fervor and demanding that someone does more to protect the U.S. against terrorists, go and enlist in the military if you’re age eligible.

Ketrick:
You’re statement “Terrorist come from all parts of the middle east” is true, but not truthful. Terrorists come from all over THE WORLD my friend, including Ireland, Africa, Indonesia and many other places that are not the Middle East.
Also, does your assertion that people who “physically defended this country as opposed to enjoying our freedoms without working for them (are unable to) appreciate the serious circumstances of the situation” refer to such notable Chickenhawks as Dick Cheney and George Jr.? Just wondering…..

Finally figured out how to make the link from his homepage work – it tries to launch a popup window that wouldn’t work on my system. Here’s the link for those of us who actually like to go to the source of news rather than read the opinions of stakeholders. It explains that this isn’t a usual course for students that the Academic calendar is likely to show, and it gives some more details.

once again because of the laxness of security, innocent americans will suffer and die!!! what will be the excuse this time?

I don’t care who gets offended, we need to start profiling PRECISELY because of incidents LIKE THIS. Political correctness be damned!Let’s face it, who wants to commit acts of terrorism against us? Well, let’s see, Morrocans, Eqyptians, Saudi Arabians, Syrian and god knows the list goes, but here’s the point – they’re all Middle Eastern, with names like Ahmed and Mohammad……Sorry, but it’s true.

It is just ridiculous how conservative dimwits feel the need to blame liberals for everything.
Guess what? REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE SENATE, CONGRESS, and the EXECUTIVE BRANCH of the GOVERNMENT
It’s all your fault! You have no one else to blame because you fools hold all the chips. YOUR legacy of stupidity, greed and intolerance will be a black mark on US history and will be a joke for the ages. CONGRATULATIONS!

wow…how stupid can we get? “Wait they are illegal.” Duh….

This was not a class that stars in the regular fall schedule. It is a special program outside the regular curriculum. Thats why the 23rd or 24th of August start dat mentioned in so many of these blog comments is stupid. See the following Montana State University web page.

They are all photographed when they arrive to the US. Why are their photos not published. Do you really think that publishing the names is helpful?

I am a legal resident. Eventhough I have everything in order to go in and out of the country I still have to face with hoops and loops to get in the US thru inmigration. Here there are these 11 “illegal” students coming in like they are citizens. What’s going on with inmigration? crearly they have not learned the leason.

Go look at CBS’s story! They were to arrive last week as several others did for an eglish speaking class. Has nothing to do with Fall Semester!

This is in response to the person who said that the students should have flown straight to MT. ARE YOU NUTS? Have you ever tried to fly in or out of Mt?? I live in MT, and this is how they would probably have to get here: Fly into JFK–then a 2 hour layover–then on to Houston—a 4 hour layover—-then on to Denver–a 6 hour layover because of mechanical problems–then on to Salt Lake–but you are late because of the late take off from Denver, so you have to spend the night. Then the next day, you get into MT in the afternoon. That’s what it’s like getting in or out of MT. It would be absolute heaven if we could get a straight flight for 800 miles, much less all the way from Egypt!

The Egyptian students no doubt came in to this country legally. If there were conditions that the students were supposed to agree to and follow after their entry into the U.S. and they failed to do so, then they are not welcome here anymore. They are not U.S. citizens so they don’t have the rights we do…plain and simple…. no matter what country they come from. The question here is are we only reporting students from certain countries and there are other students not reported AWOL? If that is the case that certainly goes against what our country stands for or at least is trying to stand for. F1 Visas from any country are supposed to be tracked down more efficiently and illegal entry in to this country is supposed to be strongly deterred. We’ve been too lax and September 11, 2001 proved it. I strongly disagree with preventing people from any country from coming in to this country for valid reasons, like business, study or vacations. Every non-U.S. citizen should be accountable for their whereabouts and let their whereabouts be known while they are in our borders. They are obligated to follow the restrictions imposed on them while in this country. If there are 11 Egyptian students AWOL then we should find them immediately regardless. They could be planning trouble or someone has or intends to bring harm to them. Maybe neither…but that doesn’t matter. We need to find them.

I know that everyone is concerned about the fact that these 11 Egyptian students that are missing, but we need to stop and think…. yes, they could possibly be terrorists and yet at the same time if they were supposed to transfer to a different flight they might’ve gotten on the wrong flight. We can’t assume that someone is something just because they have gone missing, we need to give them the benefit of the doubt.
I’m sure that at one point or another, regardless of whether you are an american who were in a foreign country or encountered a person with a different nationality, that you would have trouble speaking the native language. How can you communicate wit someone if you don’t know their language.
Let’s just hope that theses students aka potential terrorists are found before anything major happens. Until then I hope that someone will give them the benefit of the doubt.

All colleges wanting tuition paying students -who happen to be from foreign countries – should be required to open branch campuses(campi)overseas. That sounds reasonable.

Well, they are illegal cause they never showed up to class. Hopefuly one of two things happened to them. One, they were here up to no good and some red neck good ol’boys took care of them, or two, they went to a strip club, partied their asses of and said…”who needs school, Habibi?”

This all sounds fishy given the timing. Is this just another scare story so the administration can get our minds off how badly they have handled everything else?Are we in more danger of 11 guys from Egypt or the avian flu or a hundred other scares that have become our daily diet? there is no such thing as security so stop blaming others for what they cannot provide for you and learn to deal with things as they come.

They were only deemed illegal when they did not report to the school, and had their visas revoked because of it. They initially arrived legally.

Tuition will have to go up at MSU if these students don’t show. I just checked the MSU website and out-of-state tuition (six courses)is almost $2,500 higher than for Montana residents. That’s how they keep tuition low.

If they are terrorists, then they Obviously have been planning this for a while. You plan long enough for something anything is possible. If your not stupid, (which they’re not, they’re educated)then it’s not hard to slip by customs, no-matter what kind of security. But our government is not stupid either, and frankly I peity their position. You try keeping a country Free, and at the very same time attempting to lock it down from tarroists. Considering the cards Bush has been given, He is doing a great Job. And He would Have My vote again. We can only hope they slip up somewhere.

My five year-old son has to take off his Superman flip-flops at the airport to go to DisneyWorld, yet we allow ELEVEN foreigners to disappear as soon as they get out the doors of JFK. Unbelievable.

QUICK! Somebody do a cavity search on my grandmother! That’ll sove it!

The anniversary of 9/11 is coming up. Middle Easterners place great emphasis on dates as timing is almost prophetic for them. The associate most issues with dates. Better be watching for something soon.

Well, well, well, liberals, conservatives, its all a bunch of kindergarten squabbling to me, blue versus green; Perhaps we get more childish with age or maybe its just the us versus them mentality we grow up submerged in; “My team is so much better than your team because we’re from Anytown and you’re from Nowherville”. I’m not sick of it nor am I amused, its just so simple minded. There are examples of crazy decisions made by Republicans and Democrats all throughout history, like the sale of missile technology to China, etc… Finger pointing is so lame, personally I wouldn’t want to claim to be a liberal or a conservative, its so “closed and simple” (nothing a good diuretic couldn’t cure)….
But just so I stay on topic here is the simple solution: If these people are “hard-core muslim fundamental terrorists” then they should be easy to find. All we need to do is have law enforcement check all the Topless/Nudey-bars and you’ll find the culprits in no time flat!

Hey you all that want to blame the Democrates for this latest screwup with security, well who is in charge in the Country, remember its the Republicans and boy are they screwing up everything!

CHILL OUT, THEY MUST BE HAVING A FALL BREAK….IT’S A CUSTOM IN EGYPT…
BTW,. TELL THEM NEFERTITI’S TOMB HAS BEEN FOUND, THEY MIGHT SHOW UP.

For those who cannot understand why these 11 students were not arrested at customs. They were here legally until they failed to show up for classes…duh!!!

Hey you all that want to blame the Democrates for this latest screwup with security, well who is in charge in the Country, remember its the Republicans and boy are they screwing up everything!

After reading the previous comments, let’s stop to think. The students entered with visas that allow them time here before classes begin in late August. All this “conservative vs liberal” stuff, “Annie grab your guns” stuff, beat down Homeland Security stuff, etc -is just a way the news media is getting your attention. The news media wants to be the “first” to report these stories whether it is fact or fictitious; media is ruffling your feathers and just wanting your attention. Know the facts before you start handing out guns and bad-mouthing.

They were not here illegally until they failed to show up to school. They are here on a student visa which requires them to go to school.

Oh get over it – this is just another one of George’s attempts to get the U.S. to live in fear so his ratings will improve. Stop being so suspicious everyone and for pete’s sake quit listening to all this hyped up garbage from the mainstream media, which is edited by the Bush administration. Fox News is run by Bush’s cousin…I don’t doubt the rest of the news networks have their close connections as well. Let’s see, a bunch of Egyptian college students. My guess is they’re off partying & picking up girls in some bar in Montana…
be happy everyone and don’t fall for Bush’s attempts to live in fear so he will remain King.

You got it correct when you said… Our government isn’t stupid… Instead, they pry on stupid people. I think it is amazing our country was attacked by a one country and convinced stupid America that it was another country that did the attack. Now I assume it is these 11 people that are missing that were the cause of 9/11

Based on the story, these guys would only be deemed illegal if they fail to show up after classes start. But classes haven’t started, so they’ve done nothing. Anybody out there ever seen “The Oxbow Incident”?
This is an ugly lynch mob; shame on ABC for engendering this with half-researched sensationalism. I’m done reading this URL.

stop the paranoia

Why the hell are 11 Egyptians going to attend Montana State? I am sure no questions were asked? The problem is the government just processes transactions and is too concerned with risk pools and risk levels instead of actually analyzing or thinking about anything. It must be great having a job with no accountability.

To Patty, who’s granddaughter can’t afford to go to college, there is such a thing as financial aid, which your granddaughter is eligible for because she is a US citizen. Secondly, read the article about the situation in the Bozeman newspaper. Not only are they paying tuition for their studies in Egypt, they had to pay $2000 each for the program. So no, they are not here for a “free ride.” And no, MSU will not have to raise their “out of state” tuition to cover the cost. All colleges have “in state” and “out of state tuition” and this program has nothing to do with tuition. An exchange program (which every college has) is a great way for others to educate themselves about other people and cultures. As a former Bozeman resident and MSU student, I would take foreign exchange students any day over half of you who have left messages on this board.

We called people who were subversive 50 years ago communists because that’s what they were and still are. They are now in control of the democrat (communist ) party. The republicans are now the dems. So, we have the socialist lights and the hard core coummunists in control of the USA. If we backed Joe McCarthy when we need to many years ago we would have a much saner society and much less communism here trying to ruin this once great nation. Both major parties are doing their best to destroy our way of life. There is no such thing as Homeland security because cummunists and socialist love to keep the people stired up and off balance.

Oops – time to start scaring us again Bush; after all, those November elections are coming up. Remember all the terror threats before the 2004 elections; notice how there haven’t been any since???

Maybe they are here for the next 9/11. Its the type of thing that if the govt didnt do anything you same people now complaining, would complain the govt didnt do enough. Its an odd event that 11 possible Muslims, all on Visas, all from Egypt AND to the same small midwest school decided to not show up. This is exactly what the govt should be doing.
And you people who say profiling is wrong are not thinking. Profiling is exactly what weve needed to do from the beginning. If, by far, the majority of the people you are looking for fit within a subset group, you focus on that group. Any law enforcement group will tell you that.

On August 8 Anna posted a comment that said “quit blaming liberals for allowing potential terror threats into the country”. Then she complained that we should be doing racial profiling. Well, that’s a lib for you – Anna, who do you think is against racial profiling? That’s right koolaid drinker — LIBS!!! You Libs can’t even be consistent in a one paragraph comment! Good grief!

Has anyone wondered why 11 men ages 18-22 arrived in New York to go to Montana University? They’re on opposite sides of the country! Montana has international airports. Even LAX is closer. Even IF that made sense, shouldn’t homeland security make certain a young person from ANY country have a ticket to Montana to validate that visa AND be monitored until they get there? Any person here on a legal, temporary visa should be monitored to assure they are doing the activity they got special permission to do. Heads up people! Pay attention! We have more right to safe families than these people have rights to disappear in our country-let’s not forget that.

There are an infinite number of loopholes that will allow someone to sneak into the US. How can we expect Homeland Security to plug ALL the holes? Now, here is one that has been exposed … let’s require anyone on a student visa to be escorted to his school from the port of entry. Now, who’s going to watch them after that? Should their whereabouts be monitored 24-7? I would like to know what the other 6 students are saying about what happened to their peers. I agree that the FBI should have published their pictures by now … they are probably scattered among 11 different states.

Isn’t that great! The 1st clue that they were here for something other then educations was 11 Egyptians going to the University Of Montana.Oh please, nothing against that university but they could have picked a more obvious choice like the University Of Hezbilah!!

Now I remember why I bought Nuclear Biological and Chemical masks,NBC suits,NBC gloves,NBC boots’ NBC survival books,Geiger counter , dosimeters and chemical biological test kits for !

let’s evaluate this: 11 men, roughly the same age, arrive on the SAME day, going to the SAME school …without even scratching the surface that sends RED flags up…and just for good measure…why are we letting foreigners take the spots of OUR kids that need the education anyway? (oh, stupid me…$$$)

Why is the United States letting anybody from the Middle East in the country? We are in WW III.
Stop playing the game “politically correct”. We are in a war.

I Feel sorry for any one who is an Egyptian living in America. The HUNT is on!

and,,,one more thing i forgot to mention in my earlier comment. How did the authorities assume/persume these 11 missing people are located somewhere on the “eastern” seaboard?? Just because they deported from an airplane on the East coast? wasnt that many days ago?? come’on now??? is the “east-coast” the ONLY important terror threat in this country???,,, thank you!! Ken(Budman)

Does anyone know what they were here to study in MONTANA ? With names all starting with Mohamed I would suspect they are here for the many jobs that our kids don’t want to do like lawn mowing.

If all these people had viagra, then we would of stopped them at the airport for sure.

um…if anyone actually read the PDF that accompanied the news article they will see that the 11 were part of a group of 20… 3 were denied visas ahead of time, 6 reported as expected for their english classes(scheduled BEFORE the semester begins), and the other 11 were no-shows. It is quite possible that the 11 were already fluent in english and decided to enjoy a tourist season before the real semester started–opting out of the “intro” courses. Still, it would be responsible on their part to check in with authorities (or at least tell their compatriots on the plane) that they were planning on doing this. Heck, if I were doing the same in Egypt and knew the language well I might play hookie and visit the Great Pyramids etc… but I’d still let others know that these were my plans.

Regarding the posts on the date August 23, if you read the original FBI bulletin (linked on abcnews), they were here on a special language exchange program with classes starting July 30, so they are indeed “late.” Once they didn’t show up for class, that is when they became “illegal.” Also, there were 6 other Egyptians on the same flight as part of the same program who showed up to the classes as required by their visas. This is all in the FBI bulletin.
On an unrelated, personal opinion note, I’m a conservative but find all this bashing of liberals irresponsible and stupid. It is, in fact, our conservative leaders that control Congress and the Executive brach, and it is they who need to shape up. I for one, am growing tired of all those I helped elect and as it turns out haven’t really done much to make me safer.

To Eric Schuurman…I really hope you are not from Montana. Why were they going to Montana you ask…ON AN EXCHANGE PROGRAM to learn about other cultures and see a place that is beautiful, spacious, and unlike any other place. Also….my brother, who was born and raised in Montana, mows lawns for a summer job. Not all laborers are from other countries, and so what if they are! I can’t believe all the narrow minded people out there.

CLASSES AT MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY DON’T BEGIN UNTIL AUGUST 28TH. My guess is that they are touring like most foreigners that come to the United States. If we were so concerned about students coming to America and disappearing before class, don’t issue the Visa’s until the week before. And just because they are from Egypt, don’t mean that they are muslim terrorist. They could be regular Christians. You do realize there are Christians in other countries.

I must admit that I did not read every single one of my fellow commenters’ comments above me. I did read many of them. However, in none of the ones that I read, did anyone give even the possibility that the young men have disappeared merely because they came to America to have fun. If that is true, then yes, it may have been wrong of them to lie and say they came to America to study, but they are doing no harm. I will give them the benefit of the doubt. We are all humans here and all make mistakes. We also all have another major thing in common: we are all citizens of the Earth. Perhaps one day- when we all realize that money is a silly made-up invention created specifically to divide the world, when we all realize that countries are silly ways of dividing the earth God gave us all, and when we all realize that there is a greater need for caring for one another and for the Earth than there is a need for traveling in space or creating nuclear missiles- there will be peace amongst us all and no need for armies. We can all once again thrive by being part of a Jeffersonian Earth (farmers).

Amazing how people can’t read and immediately turn it into a liberal vs neocon issue. Think about it, they’re college kids in New York. What do you think they’re doing? Not running off to remote Montana. Check the bars in NYC before we get too stressed out.

yes, their classes HAVE started. If you read the FBI bulletin it states:
ATTEND AN ENGLISH AND ACADEMICS SKILLS PROGRAM AT AN IDENTIFIED U.S. UNIVERSITY IN MONTANA, FROM 30 JULY 2006 TO 26 AUGUST 2006, FAILED TO REPORT AFTER ENTERING THE UNITED STATES.

Egyptian does not automatically equate to Al Qaeda or Taliban; however, the Muslim Brotherhood is a product ofEgypt and is the predecesor of Hamas; therefore, eleven missing Egyptian males, the general age of suicide bombers, all arriving at the same time and missing at the same time, should be a significant red flag.

Unfortunately it will take another catastrophic attack or several to shock us into unity. During WWII the government censored out reports of U-Boat attacks off of the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico to prevent panic. These egyptians will likely be caught in the next few days. It will be another case of conservative racism. More fodder for the Jihadis. Folks its gonna get a whole lot worse.

There was a total to 17 students for a month long program at Montana State University. Six of them showed up for the course!

Everyone needs to see this video by honestreporting.com . The DVD can be ordered but it is split into 9 parts on youtube.com . This documentary speaks of Radical Islam and how serious of an issue it is.

Eric…sorry, I read the wrong name. My frustrations were meant for Brian. I apologize.

Where are the pix???

I posted a comment earlier — I guess I didn’t realize that they weren’t illegal until later. I apologize for slamming our Homeland Defense Systems. What I am confused about though, is why everyone is making this a liberal vs. conservative issue? Silly, if you ask me. My only concern here is…is anyone’s life in danger because these 11 Eygptians are missing? They are not lost! Well, wait…maybe they are! Are they all men who were afraid of asking directions? Come on folks, they are not lost! They are up to no good. Anyone that defends them or who cannot see it for what it really is, just wants to argue about rights? Since when did non-residents have rights anyway? The Bill of Rights is for the people of the United States. One more thing before I get off of my soap box, I don’t think it is profiling if the US is looking for 11 Eygptians — they wouldn’t be looking for 11 caucasians or 11 Mexicans — they are specifically looking for 11 men of a certain descent. If they have to root through the whole Eygptian community to find them, that is not profiling, that is protecting those of us that call this land our home. If you consider it profiling, well then that’s your right. (but get a clue & be safe)

Shriek! Shriek! We’re all gonna die! Shriek! Shriek!
I hope they don’t blow up a toilet paper factory. That would really be hitting us where we live.
I just looked around the house and I don’t see any Egyptians here.
Maybe they got kidnapped by a mass murderer/serial killer and their bloated, fly-blown, rotting, stinking bodies will turn up along the Interstate.
News at Eleven.

Okay, honestly these people are not terrorsists. What they are are FOBS (fresh off the boat). And basically to them a visa is a visa…they don’t really pay attention to the minute detail that if they failed to study they would be ILLEGAL. Their visas are legit–and the poor students payed a leg and arm to get them, but i guess they lost thier opportunity because of their ignorance. Oh well, that’s why it pays to learn english.

Approach with caution hmmmm. They probably slipped away while airport security was frisking someone’s grandma.
Gee, the government is demanding I RFID chip and GPS my critters to keep America safe from my terrorist turkeys, and kamakazi cows. Maybe they should focus on humans from Muslim nations.

Most of you people posting here are not reading the article and understanding that these kids came to the US to do an exchange program. You also forget that these are young kids, and to automatically assume that they are terrorists is stupid. Yeah, the US needs to keep an eye on people from other countries coming here. But I think these kids just wanted to have fun….sure it was a mistake, but have any of you been 18 years old and made a mistake in judgement?

TAKE A DEEP BREATH!!! Now read the article.
The students didnt show. For what?? classes or registation for classes?
Students have to register prior to attending classes and get their books, find their accomidations and settle in before classes begin.these factors may have been missed due to the ignorance of the author of this piece. Yes there are no pictures of the subjects..is this due to ABC or the GOVT. not wanting people to beat the snot out of possible innocents.
Both political parties are at fault here, the Republicans for their refusal to seal the borders, all borders and the Democrats for their insistance that profiling not be used. Its up to all Citizens to be aware of things going on around them, watch for unusual things not just race or culture. Remember the california kid..american born and bred who is Osama’s right hand man??.Our objective should be to keep our eyes open and report strange and unusual things to the proper authorities..real terrorists are train to kill and maim without remorse and IF you are not trained to respond, you will make matters worse.
Please, people think!!use common sense, and dont let emotion , hatred, and political bias turn what should be rational thought into irrational behavior.

I think we need to realize, terrorists, Jihadist, Islamofacists are here. We will eventually be hit again and I believe we will not recover as a nation. If we think Hurricane Katrina was bad (response time) how much more are we in danger.
No one in Homeland Security or the Goverment is paying close enough attention to what is going on, they are still trying to convince themself that there will be peace. We need to put our trust in God, the One that is on our money and trust Him. He is the only one that is in control. He raises up kings and takes them down, He changes the times and seasons.

I bet the exchange students had an orientation, to get them more familiar with the good ol’ American life before actual classes started. Probably it was the orientation that they missed, didn’t get checked in properly, and U of M is on alert because they didn’t show up. OF COURSE they aren’t going to show up with the regular American students. Before would make the most sense. Stupid of them to botch their chances (the Egyptians). I’m getting as suspicious as the rest of you.

I just don’t understand why our borders aren’t protected. I THINK THAT IN THE NAME OF MORE CHEAP LABORORS OUR BORDERS ARE LEFT OPEN. We will pay for these intrusions. I for one will probably not vote this election because what is the use. Tax cuts to raise federal revenue but spent without closing our borders.

During any major war there has always been a form of profiling as well as a brief deminish of civil rights. It would be ignorant to think this war on Muslim or arab profiling would be wrong. The enemy is as aparent as the Chinese as well as the Japanese. regretably we as a nation are to proud to realize we have forsaken every G-d given principle the good Lord has given us and has allowed such insanity to Continue. I am sure when David killed the Philistines the profiling of Philistines was obvious. But frankly the good Lord is about to bring a reckoning to his Church as well as this nation and whether it be by the sons of Ishmael or another natural disaster like Katrina then praise G-d for chastizing us to repentence. Then and only then will we win this war. GBU

HEY FBI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why don’t you post pictures of these rats so we can all be on the lookout. I think you are as bad as these eleven terrorist you let into the country by not showing us their photos. I think we have more a Department of Insecurity!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also, who’s side are you on anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This shows that we do not really have a war on terror !!!!!!!!

“These are young kids?” Jihadis start going on operations as young as 12 or 13; and Egyptian Islamist terror group just made “common cause” with Al Qaeda…
The real question is, in a world like we now live in with Hizbullah supporters living in Detroit and extremist mosques all over the country, is our government so STUPID as to even PERMIT A MUSLIM FOREIGN NATIONAL TO ENTER THE COUNTRY?
AND WHY ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE STUPID ENOUGH TO TOLERATE IT?
Don’t bother replying…rhetorical…

These men were coming for a very short term special English program (31 days, I believe) combined with some field trips in Montana. They were NOT enrolling in the regular fall semester. It seems as if their classes have already begun and they are ?????

This is total BS…these people do not even exist. Gov’t just want to look good & trying to make up crap leading to 9/11.

For all you out there with your hair on fire about the “students” think about this: 30 million untracked illegals are already here – and you get upset because some major news outlet lets you know that 11 more made it past security at JFK !!?? Wake up – we are at war – racially profiled; H— yes! Sealed borders; same answer! Deportation of illegal alien criminals; same answer! Or would you rather wake up to the sounds and sight of a mushroom cloud from the ignition of one back-pack nuke brought in on foot by one(non-racially profiled)illegal Islamo-facist Nut Case to your city. What is the problem here folks – we are already 5 years out from 911 and our borders are not yet secured – somebody needs to be impeached and some other folks need to have criminal investigations initiated on them if this thing doesn’t get turned around – by God we are already 5 years behind and then some. Who the H— is worried about racial profiling or for that matter about Iraq when we are about ready to get nuked and put out of existence ? What good are the billions of dollars we spend on the Military if we cannot and will not secure our own borders from those who will destroy us. Why not continue business as usual since “Free Trade” trumps American jobs and is with Dictators that target our cities with missiles we help purchase at our friendly Wal-Mart Stores? Do you want your children to have a future or do you want what you see in Lebanon or worse right now for your kids? Wake up America !

No worries. As President Bush had said, they are all here to work and to take jobs that no Americans want to do. Maybe they are in a hurry to get to NYC to drive a taxi or work in a gas station or something—–NOT!!!!

Is it not time to begin to do some selective racial profiling in deciding who we allow to come and study in the United States? Are we going to let these people learn how to make atomic bombs in our universities to use against us? We probly already have!

The valid criminal investigation tool used to be called “criminal profiling” — until some bright weasels decided to politicize and spice it up in a more useful PC terminology. “Racial” is a much more useful term, particularly for the left side of the spectrum, and that got the valid “criminal profiling” wording changed in the mind of the public.
I’m surprised at how many people think 11 people from the same region, bound for the same destination, failed to follow the few others of their group and sign in like they were required and expected to do is no big deal. In a simple tactical deployment, 11 people would make up three full fire teams, or one assault squad, lacking only one member. Maybe that’s not enough to take on the First Infantry Division, but it is more than sufficient to tear a neighborhood apart and kill a lot of unprepared, innocent people. For those who think the timing is politically useful, try to think for a moment: Organizations intent on murderous assault might realize doing something along that line just prior to or coinciding with a national election is beneficial to their “cause.” It isn’t just American politicians who know the value of timing their actions. To think otherwise is childishly simple. The forte of terrorism is exploiting weaknesses. Naive political suspicion can be a superbly useful weakness.
As for the clowns who tried to make points by questioning if such a disturbance would have been initiated if the foreign students were Italians or Germans, I can only answer that it isn’t Italians or Germans who fairly daily announce to the world that they want to bring down the United States and kill all Americans for the greater glory of Islam. It certainly wasn’t Italians or Germans who brought down the Towers, either. Nor was it elderly American grandmothers on strollers. Going after people who don’t match clearly delineated criminal profiles wastes resources while at the same time ignores genuine potential threats.
I seriously doubt that such a sizeable number of foreign visitors would unanimously decide to “party down” rather than responsibly show like they were supposed to. The increased security interests of the US post-9/11 isn’t a secret overseas. The murderous intent of certain radical Islamic factions isn’t a secret here, either — except, apparently, to the mainstream media outlets and a few fools posting here who refuse to acknowledge certain basic facts.
And those posters who made cracks about wild-eyed Texans hauling them off, that’s really pathetic. At the very least, aside from the stupid supposition that anyone would arbitrarily decide to abduct a group for no reason, a handful of “good ol’ boys” would have had trouble subduing and then controlling 11 victims. Beyond that, making a baseless assumption that people from “the other side” are the only violent folks in the country is racist in itself. The recent Seattle shooter wasn’t a Texan — he was, in fact, a fairly young Muslim. And someone who matches the criminal profile.
The bottom line is, several young men of Middle Eastern extraction once attacked us, and numerous men of Middle Eastern extraction who act as mentors and leaders daily threaten to eliminate us. Therefore, it is perfectly acceptable to criminally profile people who act suspiciously when they clearly display characteristics matching our potential, and self-announced, attackers.
Beyond that, as far as “fairness” and “humanity” and all that goes, foreign visitors rightly should be held accountable for their actions, particularly when their actions are not only suspicious, but contrary to our laws. So don’t give me that “they’re probably just taking in the sights” crap. Their actions, and their number along with all their other commonality circumstances, makes their actions at best incredibly stupid and plainly deserving of increased search-and-capture maneuvers.
One point, to discuss some of the conspiracy theorists wondering why the alert is limited to the eastern seaboard. My best guess is that if the 11 had boarded a connecting flight going in-country, the Homeland Security people would have been aware of it. I’m guessing that they specified the region based on the possible fact that the individuals in question didn’t fly out of the region.
I don’t normally get alarmed with “fear du jour” reports. But I have 25 years experience with resource protection and physical security in the military, and we were studying terrorism long years before they hit the States and the rest of the country suddenly got shook out of its complacency that all such events don’t just happen somewhere else. Saying all that, this report bothers me.

Thanks dreek, that helps those that don’t understand the process. Unfortuately it’s loop holes like this that allow people like this to enter the country and somehow go missing.

One could read the political inferences in these posts. The liberals’ attitude: “Lets not act hastily, be judgmental and give them a chance to explain their absence”. The conservatives’ attitude: “Round em up and ship em out”. But a typical liberals’ reaction to having their family brutally attacked and would be “You do that one more time and I’ll get mad”.

A lot of comments have been posted to this article. Looks like we are coming up on 48 hours since this story first broke and was responded to. Bottom line….. we still don’t have a clue where these folks are and we sure don’t understand why none these “students” haven’t popped their heads up out of the sand and said “hear we are”. What about that folks…you can’t tell me they don’t read the news or see TV.

I am absolutely DISGUSTED at the racism so many people are showing here. I’m sure if 11 English, or French, or German, or Swedish students disappeared none of this would be going on. Learn to respect and love others, folks. We are all human.

Whay don,t thay put up a Photo

I think we should send out an “Amber Alert”.

How come all 11 disappeared! They are a mob! If only 6 of 17 reported to school, why 11 ran away? Bear in mind that 3 were denied visas in their home country. Therefore, they aint no good.
It’s good for the advisor to post their potraits, they should be hanging somewhere in the beach probably.

How do we know that they are simply not playing tourists and are planning to show up when classes start? All we know so far is that they didn’t show up for orientation. This doesn’t automatically make them terrorists.

What crazy Texans? Talk about profiling!

I wouldn’t get too worked up about the discrepancy in the school term dates. The news report said they were here for a special one month exchange to learn English, so the regular semester dates at the school probably are not the dates to go by. If they arrived on the 29th, is it not possible that classes were supposed to start on Mon 7/31 and go thru the month of August so that the special exchange programs can perhaps be over with before the regular Fall semester begins?
That explains the start date issue to me, but if this was a group exchange program, I am assuming they were all booked on the same travel itinerary. Seems like a thing the school would do. The 6 others who showed up are REALLY in the dark? No program coordinator to meet them and accompany them?
Seems like a badly arranged program, regardless of what country they came from.

WHY DON’T YOU PEOPLE READ THE ARTICLE CAREFULLY!!!
They came here on a SCHOOL VISA,
IF and when they don’t show up to class they are deemed illegal!!!
That means they entered this country legally.
I’m sure this raised many red flags, and they “SHOULD” be on top of this.
What do you guys think about the august 22nd terrorism prediction everyone is talking about.
Supposedly its some islamic holiday when mohammed ascended to heaven.
Hopefully our Intelligence teams are working on this.

Here’s an update for all you people in La La Land. I just saw an update that read, One of the missing 11 students was arrested in Minneapolis by the F.B.I.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!! Montana – Minnesota, Ohhh maybe he merely wants to visit all the states that start with an M.
Let’s see he comes into the U.S. via New York, then he goes to Montana, and now is in Minnesota. Wow, I know! he has amnesia and forgot where he is.

Being a “Native American” I think you should all go back where you came from !!!!!!!!!!!

This has already been addressed by previous comments, however it is worth repeating – why aren’t photos and information being blasted on Tv, Their faces need to be plastere all over the US. and every news station need to constantly show their faces, faces plastered all over the TV.,our libraries, stores, fast food places, places that usually attrach many people. It is reminiscent of how quickly—NOT, Fema and other groups were clearly not prepared to render help to the victims in a timely matter. We saw people walking along the roads in dire straights. They had nothing. No food, water or money and then were crammed into a sports stadiun, to live on the grass. How were they to avoid the rain? in a building that was clearly not eguipted for such a large group of people. What filth they had to live in and endure such horrendous hardships. This should not have happened to anyone. Why did the Fema housing units just sit empty. Mr and Mrs. Smythe had their home hit by hurricane, wind and debris. They had nothing left and felt confident,Femas help would lighten their load, Wrong! I don’t know what criteria was used, but it was pretty shallow on their part. Then to top it all off, many of the Homeland Secuity and Fema people, used the government credit cards for big ticket items for personal use. why is it we have to always place blame on certain groups: i.e liberals, conservatives, Democrats or the Republicans. We are all in this together, we need to stop this name calling it serves no ppurpose and work together, because I am sure all hell is going to break loose on the anniversary of 9/11! It matters not where we live anymore, we are all being stalked, as it were,by finatical factions, and all in the name of religion.

IGNORANCE! IGNORANCE! IGNORANCE! THIS IS NOT A LIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE ISSUE, THIS IS A NATIONWIDE ISSUE. I AGREE, SOMETHING IS FISHY BUT HEY, THESE ARE THE RULES THAT THE “GOOD OL’ BOYS” HAVE ESTABLISHED AND THEY WON’T BE CHANGED UNTIL THEIR IS A DIRE TRAGEDY. SECURITY IS LAX AND WE ALL KNOW IT. AND YES, PICTURES WOULD BE NICE. GET A GRIP!

Today is 8/10th the planes from London would of stopped in NJ and NY to refuel. Where are those Egyptians? They must be found now and we all need pictures of them to help capture them. This is not a coincidence.

Here’s something to think about! Why can so many “students” come here and get a college degree, medical training, etc. and honest, hardworking AMERICANS can’t afford for their own children to go to college! Even with GOOD GRADES! Aren’t our tax dollars subsudising the colleges? Shouldn’t American children be able to afford and receive a college education?
Grants don’t even come close to covering the expense for college. I know, I have one son who could only afford one year of college. It was a major financial hardship! I have another son who graduates next year, how’s he going to be able to go? Grants and scholarships only pay maybe half of the real cost!
I say, stop educating the rest of the world and EDUCATE AMERICANS FIRST!!! No wonder we’re falling behind. We’re helping everybody except our own!
Come on Gates Foundation, where’s the money for Americans!?

I love Jake’s anology of profiling using the bear attacks as an example! Right on Jake.
I travel on airplanes weekly, and Monday of this week I was patted down and body searched. I am a 61 year old caucasion, born in Dallas, TX, NOT Saudi or Pakistan or Indonesia. Sure makes me feel safer that they’re making sure old frequent flyers are searched!!!!
It’s time we get real and start a “jihad” of our own against the Islamic Fascists who have vowed to eradicate us off the face of the earth. If we don’t, then one of these days in their pathetic, ignorant way, they will achieve success in really creating a horrible disaster again on our soil.

Will the people in charge of our FERERAL GOVERMENT every learn THAT THE PEOPLE in the U.S. ARE at risk everyday of the week from foregners coming into the U.S., north and south of the U.S. borders, illegally?

Dear “PR”-
Exchange students (from whatever country) do not have a free ride at American universities. They have to pay for it. If you had ever done an exchange program (like I have) you would no this. Secondly, you are right, grants and scholarships most likely will not cover the cost of collge, that is why there is such thing as financial aid. Have you ever heard of it? My mom could not afford to send me to college either, but I worked part time, went to school full time, and yes, GOT FINANCIAL AID! Sure, I have loans I have to pay back, but it’s a small price to pay. And I was able to go to college, so quit complaining about how your kids can’t afford to go. There are plenty of ways. Also, most students who come from other countries to go to a college here, aren’t getting their degrees here…if you read the article, they were here to learn english and US History. And just so you know, about 6 of them are there right now learning those things. Also, the students did have to pay not only their own tuition in Egypt, but $2000 each for the program here.
I agree that they need to be found and sent home, but this incident should in no way cause harm to the many exchange programs colleges offer to students, both from the US and other countries.

We need to be cautious at all times and remember that terrorists don’t care about any life, not even their own. There is a huge difference between Latin illegals and some Asian illegals. The Latin people are here to earn a living, they are not terrorists, just think if you lived in a third world country in poverty, wouldn’t you enter the USA illegally to provide more than beans and tortillas for your family everyday. You should take a trip and see the way they live, it is so sad. I know I would enter here to send money home for my children. Most Asians are hardworking individuals. Trouble is, it is the loud minority that spoil it for everyone else. What a sad, troubled world we live in, but it has all been predicted. I sincerely hope that they find the 11 missing Egyptians and the 5 missing Pakistanis in England. Somehow we need to get a grip on terrorism, is it possible though?

I’m a bit confused here. Why is everyone so concerned about 11 individuals who entered the US LEGALLY, who had VALID visas, and were here to educate themselves? Everyone is up in arms about this…. but how come nobody is concerned about the 12 million individuals who crossed into our country ILLEGALLY, did NOT have valid visas, and have come here to rape our social resources. Arn’t all of you on this blotter being just a bit hypcritical? Worry about 11 aliens, but give 12 million a free pass?

The United States is lacking again. We are not as protected as they want us to think. This is a good example. 11 missing students (immigrants), roaming around in the U.S somewhere. Oh, well, I guess that is the price you pay for the land of milk and honey, that supposingly doesn’t discriminate, regardless, of race, religion, and origin. huh

Tabloid journalism like this does not befit ABCNews.
All too often the ‘Investigative Report’ reads more like a ‘sensationalist blurb’. Help me out, because I don’t think this way:
What is ABC News’ goals in these poorly substantiated blog entries?
Whipping up the polarized masses? (“Well if you liberals didnt spend your time singin kumbaya with these guys…” “The conservatives are aparently clueless about fixing this…” “Let’s just go find em and shoot em all…”).
Getting people to post hyperbole in response to an article a high school teacher would reject as lacking in detail? Are revenues from websites so bad, that this is how you ensure your sponsors get click throughs on your site?
Some of the commenters have provided better detail than the article has.