With the US Department of Justice already investigating antitrust concerns relating to the case, the other big dogs just couldn't restrain themselves from coming together for a united whinge.

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"In Malaysia we have found that the best way to control it is to ask people to restrain themselves, " says Christopher Wong of the Kuala Lumpur-based Jaring Internet Magazine, a specialist journal.

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Environmental organizations such as the Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife apparently are not bothered by the security risks that such a porous border creates -- at least not enough to restrain themselves from filing a lawsuit to prevent the DHS from doing the job that Congress is requiring it to do.

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