| Topic: |
Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
| Date: |
16 Oct 2004 10:31:19 PM |
| Object: |
What in heavens name has George W. Bush done to make you safer? |
From Reuters, 10/14/04:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6504566
Changes Needed in U.S. Cargo Inspection-Audit
By Deborah Charles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
U.S. customs officials did not have proper technology to detect
depleted uranium shipped into the country in 2002 and 2003, an
internal audit showed on Thursday as it urged changes in the
inspection process.
In a report assessing how the toxic substance, shipped by ABC News
reporters, was allowed into the country, the Department of Homeland
Security's inspector general called for improvements in Customs and
Border Protection procedures to properly screen cargo shipments.
"Improvements are needed in the inspection process to ensure that
weapons of mass destruction or other implements of terror do not gain
access to the U.S. through oceangoing cargo containers," the report
said.
Depleted uranium is a slightly radioactive byproduct of nuclear fuel
production which strengthens ammunition and gives weapons twice the
range of ones using other heavy metals.
"Detection equipment and search protocols and procedures are the two
areas where improvements would enhance the effectiveness of the
inspection process," the report added.
Homeland Security officials said the uranium emitted very little
radiation since it was depleted and equipment used by customs
officials at the time was designed to detect highly-enriched uranium,
not depleted uranium.
They added that hundreds of highly sensitive radiation detection
monitors had since been deployed around the country with more planned
for 2005.
The issue of cargo inspections was raised on Wednesday night at the
final presidential debate when Sen. John Kerry criticized the Bush
administration for inspecting only five percent of cargo shipments
coming into the country.
Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin launched an investigation at the
request of lawmakers after ABC News shipped a 15-pound cylinder of
depleted uranium to the United States on two occasions without it
being detected.
In 2002, ABC News reporters shipped the uranium from Turkey to the
United States in a suitcase that was placed inside an ornamental
chest.
Although the crate containing the uranium was targeted as "high-risk"
for screening by customs officials, they did not detect the depleted
uranium.
One year later, ABC News shipped the same cylinder of depleted uranium
from Jakarta, Indonesia to the United States.
Although the crate containing the uranium was again targeted as a
"high-risk" shipment, it was allowed through.
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Sleep well.
Harry
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