I think this is BS, but a co-worker claims "arabs" and a HVT have come ...

[Gold Metal Flake]

...across the border with Mexico. The HVT was supposably a female terrorist, and was arrested. Snopes was no help. This sounds like AM radio stuff to me. Any insights?

[soothsayer]

1. what's a HVT? n/t

[LoZoccolo]

2. high-value target n/t

[Gold Metal Flake]

4. High-Value Target. Another wonderful acronym for our modern world.

It means a POI. Oops. That's Person of Interest.

Man, rightards have the best Orwellian terms, eh?

Anyway, an HVT would be a terror suspect of particular interest. When you see HVT, you should have a sudden feeling of dread and a desire to vote repug.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Heard something

about arresting a suspected al Qaeda operative on the Mexican border. She was female, but I thought it said she wasn't Arab. Since this happened during the convention (even though the arrest supposedly happened weeks ago), I figured it was just a Repuke way of drawing attention away from the convention.

[CaTeacher]

5. I heard that same thing--I don't know

what country the woman was from--they said that she was traveling on a South African passport. Then they said they had found a pile of SA passports in London.

However---I have heard nothing else about this woman (and it has been a while) if they had of really caught a big fish--wouldn't they be talking about it? I am not sure what is going on.

[DivinBreuvage]

10. Naw, they'd hold it back till the opportune moment

They do it ALL THE TIME, dude. :)

[rumguy]

6. If that's true it would be significant

I remember hearing or reading something about it as well - some kind of capture or something.

Funny how quickly it was forgotten.

[Career Prole]

7. Here's the story...

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/US/border_worries_040730-1.html

Sounds like one of those tales that magnifies with every telling. Let it go another week and it'll be Osama himself eating a fish taco in San Diego with an army of holy jihadists.

[Gold Metal Flake]

9. Ahh.

NOT arrested crossing illegally across the frontier. Well, anyway, this is the story. Thank you!

[King of New Orleans]

8. We'll just have to build a 60 ft wall along the border

that'll do it.

Oh yeah and one along the Canadian border too.

[Gold Metal Flake]

11. I think I found the source of the co-workers claim.

He said he heard it on the radio.

http://www.johnandkenshow.com/index.php?p=388

It's aired locally.