Re: New ADT Homeland Security Program

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thats a rather old joke, Ari Fleischer hasn't been spokesman for 3 or 4
years now and Tom Daschle got beat in 2004

"J. @netscape.net>" <jsloud2001<removeme> wrote in message
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> Thought you guys might like to know about this...
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> http://www.thebluebrick.net/ADT.html
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> Bush Announces New U.S. Security Initiative
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> U.S. Borders, Airports to Display "Secured by ADT" Security Signs
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> Washington, DC -
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>  President Bush today announced new strategies to deter terrorists
> from entering the United States, including placing "Secured by ADT"
> signs along U.S. borders.  The country, however, will not actually be
> protected by an ADT security system, said Bush.  "We researched
> residential security, and found that the (ADT) signs alone are a
> deterrent to break-ins, even if the system is not installed."
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> Democratic leader Tom Daschle decreed the ADT signs as a "feeble" and
> "shallow" attempt at improving national security.  "Without an actual
> (security) system installed, I fail to see how this will make our
> country a safer place.  If President Bush were serious about improving
> national security, he would pony up the monthly fee and get (the ADT
> security system) installed."
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> White House spokesman Ari Fleischer tackled the criticism at a press
> conference late yesterday afternoon.  He cited statistics that show
> homes with security systems are 87% less likely to be burglarized.
> One study claims that homes with security system signs, but no actual
> security system, are still 68% safer than homes without signs.  "We
> can make this country a safer place, and do so without spending
> taxpayer dollars for an ADT system."
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> Fleischer also cited the difficulties of having the system installed
> and maintained.  "The installation rarely goes smoothly, and there are
> usually a few false alarms in the first week following installation.
> Those are risks that we simply can not take."
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> Other difficulties make it unlikely that the government will purchase
> the ADT system.  Like all ADT customers, the United States would have
> to choose three friends to be on a 'call list'.  The ADT monitoring
> center calls these 'friends' in case of a U.S. security breach.
> Selecting these three friends would be a political nightmare.  "We
> could choose Canada", said Fleischer "but really, what are they going
> to do for us if we are attacked?  And I still don't trust England."
> Fleischer also added that it would be difficult to properly maintain a
> motion detector for the entire country.  "Given all of these potential
> difficulties, the president thinks the ADT signs will do just fine on
> their own."
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> Normally ADT does not distribute their security signs unless a system
> is installed, said ADT spokesperson Cynthia Carter.  The company is
> making an exception in this case, however.  "After the events of
> September 11th, all Americans are sacrificing for the better good of
> the country.  It is in this spirit that ADT is donating 45,000 of our
> 'Secured by ADT' signs to the government for use at their discretion."
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> The signs will be placed along borders and at airline gates where
> international flights land on U.S. soil, said Fleischer.
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> In return for the free signs, the ADT logo will be painted on the
> sides of Air Force One and will be sewn onto the sleeve of all of the
> president's golf shirts.
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