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If CIA abductions are the most brutal manifestation of the Global War on Terrorism, border controls may be the most bureaucratic. The Department of Homeland Security tightened rules this year to require a passport for air travel to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. "Demand for passports has exploded," NBC's Kevin Tibbles told us. The State Department is issuing twice as many as it did ten years ago and the waiting period for would-be travelers has extended from six weeks to twelve. "This has thrown summer travel into turmoil," ABC's Lisa Stark (subscription required) found, so the requirement has been relaxed through September. Now proof of a passport application is enough, not the actual document. Things get worse again next January, Stark warned, when a passport will be needed not just for airline travel but for crossing the border by car too.
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