Return to Article: DHS plans new nuclear detectors at ports
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What an article! It's amazing that government agencies can carry out their own mandates, let alone actually work together on a common threat. In the old Customs service, we were trained and then issued simple nuclear detectors that clipped on our duty belts. When near a radiation source they beeped. Simple, huh? All inspectors were issued them, just like handcuffs, guns, and all the assorted equipment used on the job. Why is this so hard to coordinate now? The Senior Special Agent makes a good point regarding equipment, but it's not difficult to use the new gear. It just takes minimal training and dedication, that's all.
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And just how will these new detectors costing $ 1.2 billion stop a terrorist disguised as a crewmember from walking off a freighter with a WMD in a suitcase at 2:00 a.m.? The threats we face in the war on terror come from a wide variety of sources, not just containers! We need more federal officers stationed at the ports of entry (including piers, which are the functional equivalent of the border) in addition to high tech tools. In 26 plus years, I have yet to see a computer or other machine put handcuffs on anyone!
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