A congressional mandate requiring all maritime shipping containers be electronically scanned at foreign ports prior to departing for the United States needs to be "thoughtfully reconsidered," the acting commissioner for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told Congress this week. Those remarks by Jayson Ahern follow testimony in February by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who said that meeting the 2012 deadline for screening 100 percent of all U.S.-bound sea containers would be unlikely (Defense Daily, Feb. 26). However, Ahern's remarks…
Acting CBP Chief Says Overseas Container Screening Mandate Needs Reconsidering
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