According to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, her biggest nightmare is if al-Qaeda or regimes like Iran get their hands on a weapon of mass destruction and use it against us. She is not alone. Military experts like the former head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Lt. Gen. Henry “Trey” Obering, say that it would take, at most, only about 33 minutes for a missile fired anywhere in the world to hit our country, and life in America would change forever. So what are we doing to prevent this …
Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on the topic of transportation security. What she said about cargo security was something that everyone else in the homeland security community has been saying for the past two years. There are a number of serious challenges that stand in the way of the 100 percent scanning mandate. The private sector has known this for a while. These innovators understand that you can’t be perfect (aka scan 100 percent of cargo) without the right technology. And Napolitano …
On February 4, the Hormcliff, on charter to fruit giant Del Monte, arrived at Falmouth Dock with a 300 mm hole on the port side. The hole was caused by a container that was lost overboard. A total of 58 refrigerated 40ft containers were lost at sea during a storm. Only 41 remained on board, including four that were badly damaged. Unfortunately, containers are not as secure as one may think. Security analysts warn that terrorists may use a cargo container to smuggle a nuclear bomb and detonate it in …
