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DHS Will Seek Extension For Meeting Overseas Container Scanning Deadline

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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

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By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will not meet a congressionally-imposed deadline in 2012 that 100 percent of all sea containers bound for the United States be electronically scanned for potential threats and will seek an extension to the deadline, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said yesterday. That DHS won't meet the scanning mandate on time is no surprise as Napolitano testified to Congress earlier this year that achieving the goal on time would be doubtful (Defense…

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