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Via Prison Planet.com \u00bb Prison Planet<\/p>\n

David Filipov
\nBoston Globe<\/a>
\nMay 18, 2010<\/p>\n

FRANKLIN, Vt. \u2014 The red brick house sits unassumingly on a sleepy back road where the lush farmlands of northern Vermont roll quietly into Canada. This is the Morses Line border crossing, a point of entry into the United States where more than three cars an hour constitute heavy traffic.<\/p>\n

The bucolic setting of silos and sugar maples has become the focus of a bitter dispute that pits one of America\u2019s most revered traditions \u2014 the family-owned farm \u2014 against the post-9\/11 reality of terror attacks on US soil.<\/p>\n

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The Department of Homeland Security sees Morses Line as a weak link in the nation\u2019s borders, attractive to terrorists trying to smuggle in lethal materials. The government is planning an estimated $8 million renovation here as part of a nationwide effort to secure border crossings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It intends to acquire 4.9 acres of border land on a dairy farm owned for three generations by the Rainville family. Last month, the Rainvilles learned that if they refuse to sell the land for $39,500, the government intends to seize it by eminent domain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Rainvilles call this an unjustified land-grab by federal bullies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Full article here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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