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2010-10-29 Britain

Toner cartridge device at UK airport sparks US security alert

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Posted by Fred 2010-10-29 16:33|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Meanwhile, overseas, "U.S. Nuclear-Bomb Detector Ignored by Truckers Leaves Shipping Vulnerable"
Two years after South Koreas busiest port installed a $3.5 million scanner to check U.S.- bound shipping containers for nuclear weapons, the machine sits idle because truckers wont drive through it due to fears of radiation exposure.

That means about 1.9 million containers left Busan for American harbors last year without U.S.-mandated screening. Singapore and Hong Kong, the worlds busiest and third-busiest ports, also dont participate. Nine years after the Sept. 11 attacks, less than 1 percent of the 14.5 million cargo boxes reaching U.S. shores are scanned abroad, the government said.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-10-29 21:51|| 2010-10-29 21:51|| Front Page Top

#2 hmmm - even remote Border Patrol checkpoints here in San Diego East County have rad detectors. My lab tech came out with his nuke gauge to do soil compaction tests for a reservoir lake flume/pipeline bridge I'm building, and on the way back, spent two hours getting vetted after their on-belt-detectors went off. Didn't help that he was a naturalized citizen, and when they asked where he was born, he said Tijuana (he's a good guy - I felt bad for him)

Posted by Frank G 2010-10-29 22:28|| 2010-10-29 22:28|| Front Page Top

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