Hoopla on Syria's innocence regarding the border with Iraq and the terrorists crossing it

Over at Mr. Landis page I noticed an interesting highlight of a particular word in a quote:

"The United States had no evidence that Syria was involved in the infiltration of the insurgents in Irag" - attributed to Lt. Gen. Walter E. Buchannan III, commander of the 9th U.S. Air Force.

Mr. Landis is continuing his quest to spare Syria from any punishment.

I read this, and the first thing that came to mind is: "Last I checked, Syria is a police state"
So either it is an inefficient Police State (not likely) or that Syrian Intelligence Officials are looking the other way.