WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security will miss an initial deadline of July 12 to comply with a sweeping federal law meant to thwart terrorist attacks arriving by sea, frustrating border security advocates who worry that the agency has not done enough to prevent dangerous cargo from coming through the country’s ocean gateways, including the Port of Boston.
Only a small fraction of all metal cargo containers have been scanned before arriving at US ports, and advocates for tighter port security say all maritime cargo needs to be scanned or manually inspected to prevent terrorists from using ships bound for the United States to deliver a nuclear bomb.
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Blundermouth Markey screwed up on the law he tries to brag about introducing. That law should require 100% scanning of all pleasure boats and their occupants as said vessels return to a U.S. port. Terrorists can transfer to such boats both cargoes of illegal narcotics and ultra-dangerous weapons like dirty bombs. Markey just wants the federal government to hire more TSA employees to work maritime ports.
Speaking of SECURITY, how about the high level Administration Security LEAKS about the bin Laden raid and the counter terrorism program against Iran? The LEAKS were made to a NY Times reporter.