[FedCom] Smoke & Mirrors Game!!!
mikey
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Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:39:05 -0700
yeah a few of my friends and i watched it and was suprised how it got passed
and we were wondering also if any is in the US already
ken windyka wrote:
> Did anyone watch the ABC news special last evening where ABC news was able
> to smuggle some radioactive material that what expects told them would
> simulate reading of shielded "dirty material" without detection by US
> Customs in the NY port area.
>
> The Customs Chief was very defensive stating that it just didn't fit their
> criteria.....
>
> ABC News wondered if nuclear material had already made it into the US
> without detection.
>
> Also there seem to be very strong concern that a ship would be the delivery
> mechanism for some sort of nuclear device in the future. So I would guess
> that after this expo that US Coast Guard will get additional funding.
>
> One senator has proposed the deployment of radiation detection devices
> across the US at a cost of $1 billion.
>
> Ken
>
>
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