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Boy Scouts Train to Fight Terror, Patrol Borders

Program trains kids in terror threats, border protection

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted May 14, 2009 7:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – Think of it as Extreme Boy Scouting: the co-ed Explorers program has trained kids across the country in law enforcement techniques for decades. But lately “our emphasis is on terrorism, illegal entry, drugs, and human smuggling,” says a Border Patrol agent of the... Read full story »

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