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Now We Know Our Ports Are Secure

October 05, 2006 11:30 AM EDT

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From the Department of Homeland Security, Port Security webpage:

[I]f you have information concerning possible terrorist use of shipping containers to smuggle weapons or other items, you may be entitled to a reward for the information provided. Please email us with your information at containersecurity@dhs.gov.

Man I feel safer already. All that first responders money and DHS money we're spending to make America safe, right?

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Comments: 6

Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer Oct 5, 2006, 11:48am EDT

Sigh. Should I believe I am insane because I often find that shortly after I recover from being this dumbfounded I will fall into a weird combination of laughing and crying?

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Clark Kent Oct 5, 2006, 12:05pm EDT

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/port_activities/

Download the PDF listed as "How cargo flows securely to the US.

This is one of my all-time favs. They actually tell terrorists which ports are secure. Which means that they also tell them which ones are not. Feel safe yet?

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Olga M. Oct 5, 2006, 2:30pm EDT

What is a CSI port?

What I get from this post is that we are so broke from playing war that we have to take from the welfare agencies to protect our ports.

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Kelly K. Oct 5, 2006, 2:56pm EDT

Ahhh Unbelieveable... That is what they come up with well... no surpirse there really...

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Clark Kent Oct 5, 2006, 3:26pm EDT

"What is a CSI port?

Container
Security
Initiative

-or-

Customs
Security
Inspection

-or-

Container
Security
Inspection

-or-

Crappy
Subpar
Inspection process

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Meryl Johnson Oct 5, 2006, 4:59pm EDT

Yeah, I'll just use my X-ray vision to inspect the insides of the cargo containers as they pass my place and report what's in them. I'm not kidding, several dozen of those things are hauled past here every day, and I cringe when I see them because the odds are so high they haven't been inspected before they're on the streets of NYC.

Our Dept. of Homeland Security is the most inept, ludicrous organization I've ever heard of.

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