Some 7,500 ships with foreign flags make 51,000 calls on
U.S. ports each year. They carry the bulk of the
approximately 890 million tons of goods that come into the
country, including 7.8 million containers

7.8 MILLION !!!

http://cfrterrorism.org/security/ports_print.html

Scotty





OzOne wrote in message
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On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:14:08 GMT, "Maxprop"

scribbled thusly:



Eaxactly my point.
Every non US citizen is subject to the most rigorous
scrutiny yet 95%
of containers are left untouched....homeland security
is a sham.

Let me play the devil's advocate here for a moment: So
we've established
that examining incoming containers is not feasible. For
that reason, is it
reasonable to simply ignore all other aspects of homeland
security that ARE
feasible, such as clearing individuals for entry?

Max

T's feasible....just look at the number of people employed
to check
baggage, people and crdentials at every airport in the US.
Thing is, putting that same number of people into checking
containers
has little political advantage because Joe Public won't
see the work
being done and be able to wrap himself in that warm fuzzy
security
blanket.

Ever thought that the level of personal inspection has
lulled most
passengers into a very false sense of security so they are
now not on
the lookout for stuff happening onboard?


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting
you.