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DHS Still Hasn’t Studied Feasibility Of Scanning All U.S.-Bound Sea Cargo

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

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Despite a nearly five-year old congressional mandate that all maritime cargo destined for the United States be scanned for threats beginning this July, a deadline that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said three years ago would likely be unmet, the department has yet to do a study to determine if such 100 percent scanning is feasible, government officials said yesterday. “Pieces” of the study have been completed but they need to be pulled together, Stephen Caldwell, director of Maritime…

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