AIR CARGO, TOXICITY, MARITIME,

AND MISC WARNINGS

Only 5% of cargo containers entering U.S. ports are inspected.  Unfortunately, a 5% guarantee

isn't comforting, especially with the realization of what might be "hidden" in the

remaining 95% of the uninspected cargo containers?

Will this be a part of America's Trojan Horse?

Toxicity and Shipping Containers (a future scenario?)

Air Cargo, Maritime, and Shipping Container Articles

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Air Cargo, Maritime, and Shipping Container Articles-Warnings

U.S. Public Ports Facts

2006 Port Services Directory

2005 List of American Seaports

Seaport Governance in the United States and Canada (PDF)

Privatization and its Implications for U.S. Public Seaport Agencies (PDF)

Maritime Transportation Security Act 2002

Maritime Security, International Ship and Port Facility Security

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Cargo Container Security

North American Investment Fund Act

Oman Free Trade Agreement - text

Maritime Security and Beyond

Secure Seas, Open Ports

U.S. Anti-Drug Effort With Mexico

U.S. to crack down on Mexico border violence

Stopping terror at the coast

U.S. Wary Of European Terror Threat

U.S. ports 'vulnerable to terrorists'

GAO Finds Troubling Gaps In Port Security

Ports Start 100-percent Cargo Scanning - Britain, Pakistan and Honduras

New Law Requires All U.S.-Bound Ships To Be Screened

Congress Sends Security Bill to Bush

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Discusses Port and Supply-Chain Security and Public Infrastructure Protection

H.R. 4954 - To improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes.

DHS Establishes Rail Test Center for Radiation Detection

May 10, 2007 - U.S. hands out 445 million in security grants

Oman Free Trade Agreement

Lou Dobbs on Oman Trade Agreement CNN.com - Transcripts

Roll Call Vote for 392 - Lou Dobbs.com

Another Ports Scandal

Middle East Free Trade by the Year 2013

US, UAE postpone trade talks

Arab Firms May Reconsider U.S. Investments

Bush Says Ports Debate Sends Bad Message

Bush nephew says opposing Dubai deal 'ignorant and offensive'

World Cargo News Online

Few Nuke Detection Systems At Ports  http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050503...ctors&printer=1

Mission Detection - The Underwater Port Security System

Terror's New Frontier - Underwater

Terrorists Train For Seaborne Attacks

              [also see Lampholder String of Pearls]

US Invests in Radiation Detectors for Ports

The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation

U.S. Pushes For More Shipping Security - wants global standards...to thwart 'nuke in the box' scenario

Maritime Security - The Threat Is Real

Lack Of Maritime Security Leaves US Ports Open To Attack

Terrorist Attack on LA Ports Could Cost Economy $34Billion

Missing Container Raises Questions About Security

Al Qaeda May Attack Merchant Shippers

Command To Be Based In Norfolk To Oversee Maritime Guard Teams

Coast Guard Boards Turkish Ship To Search For Reported Bomb

House Lets Coast Guard Make Security Arrests For Violation Of Maritime Security Regulations

U.S. Bars Six Ships As Anti-Terror Law Takes Hold

U.S. Denies Ship Entry As Anti-Terror Law Takes Hold

Ports Rush to Adopt Security Standards by July 1, 2004

Ports Lag As Shipping Rules Take Effect

PORT SECURITY Coast Guard vows to board foreign vessels

Ports of Vulnerability

New Orleans to Begin Port Security System

Sea Change for Coast Guard

Al Qaeda May Attack By Sea

Feds Probe Poison Gas Plot

FBI Warning Terrorist Trying to Poison Water Supplies

The FBI bulletin to state and local law enforcement agencies terrorists might use two naturally occurring

    toxins — nicotine and solanine

FDA Warns of Food Terrorism

Food and Water Terror Targets

Growing Concern Over NYC Subway Terror Threat

Remedia Baby Food Recall

Terror Attempts a Certainty

A Future Pled Terrorist Attack?  ("a man-made incident, perhaps a terrorist attack to spread a deadly gas

     through an underground system (subway, ventilation section, pipeline")

Al Qaeda Threatens U.S. Cities!  Boston, New York, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles

The Black Wind

Dec. 19, 2003 - more Threats to New York, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, among other cities during holidays

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Ref:

(1)  Fox News, May 13, 2002, 25 Islamic Extremists Enter U.S. as Stowaways, Feds Say

      http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,52628,00.html

(2) Council on Foreign Relations Report on Port Security, 2003

(3) Defense Tracking System Proves Crucial to Port Security, govexec.com, September 30, 2002, Molly M. Peterson,

      http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0902/093002td2.htm

(6) ABC News Article http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/DailyNews/sept11_uranium020911.html