{"id":1038,"date":"2006-03-17T06:35:30","date_gmt":"2006-03-17T06:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"0"},"modified":"2006-09-28T12:09:39","modified_gmt":"2006-09-28T12:09:39","slug":"port_security_t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/?p=1038","title":{"rendered":"Port Security – Too Important For Posturing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Drum is all upset<\/a> that a safe ports bill – HR4899 – was just put down by the GOP.<\/p>\n

I’m huge on port security, and have been for years<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The power goes out, the telephones, cell phones, and computers don’t work. My backup AM\/SW\/SSB radio in the garage doesn’t work, and I step onto my driveway and look toward San Pedro and see a dark mushroom cloud.<\/p>\n

\nWe’ll skip over the fact that all the electronics in the area are kaput because of EMP, and hypothesize a working TV or radio, which informs me that it appears that a small\u20265KT\u2026nuke has just exploded on a container ship in San Pedro harbor, along with another one in Red Hook, just across from Manhattan, and another one at the container yard in Seattle.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So I was kinda concerned when I read it as well.Then I looked at the bill itself<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Congressmen Jerry Nadler and Jim Oberstar have introduced the S.O.S. Act which would require 100 percent of the containers entering our ports, instead of the current 6 percent, to be screened long before they reach our shores. The bill mandates that:<\/p>\n

* All containers be scanned using the best-available technology, including scanning for radiation and density, before they are loaded onto a ship destined for the United States;<\/p>\n

\n* Scans be reviewed by American security personnel before the container is loaded; and<\/p>\n

\n* Containers be sealed with a device that indicates tampering, and would notify U.S. officials of a breach before the container enters the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Come on Kevin<\/b> – you know that’s not a serious security proposal, it’s a trial balloon. You can’t implement this proposal without shutting down global trade.<\/p>\n

I’ll suggest some reading from the Georgia Tech Transportation and Logistics Security Group<\/a> as a way of getting your feet wet in this issue.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, My Congresswoman, Jane Harman (who I like better every week) is working on a competing measure – the SAFE Port Act<\/a> (pdf).<\/p>\n

Dig in a bit and see what you think. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kevin Drum is all upset that a safe ports bill – HR4899 – was just put down by the GOP. I’m huge on port security, and have been for years: The power goes out, the telephones, cell phones, and computers don’t work. My backup AM\/SW\/SSB radio in the garage doesn’t work, and I step onto […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcdanziger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}