First responders' border-crossing delays raise concerns
"Last week, an ambulance transporting a critically ill patient from Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit for emergency heart surgery at Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital was delayed for several minutes while Customs and Border Protection agents conducted a "secondary inspection," during which they required the driver to get out of the vehicle and have his identification papers examined by personnel inside the customs office, while other agents asked the patient to confirm his identity, despite his critical condition." GovExec.com, Nov. 19, 2007.

At the risk of sounding cynical: Hey, that's a million dollars lawsuit!