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Cargo, the Terrorists' Trojan Horse
(The New York Times)
June 26, 2012
By JerroldL. Nadler, Edward J. Markey and Bennie G. Thompson
MILLIONS of cargo containers are unloaded from ships each year at American seaports, providing countless opportunities for terrorists to smuggle and unleash a nuclear bomb or weapon of mass destruction on our shores.
To counter this threat, Congress passed a law five years ago mandating that by July 2012, all maritime cargo bound for the United States must be scanned before it is loaded on ships. But the Obama administration will miss this deadline ...... Read more on The New York Times
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