“Enough material to 'make two bombs' gets through customs in Texas and Washington State.”
And enough material to make a dozen bombs could come in by way of our unguarded port system, where only about 10% of the containers are checked…
You really have to see one of these container ships up close to appreciate how huge they are and how many containers are on one. I was on a fishing boat out of Fort Bragg one time and we encountered a northbound container ship as we were heading back into port. Suddenly, our fishing boat seemed to be the smallest boat on the ocean that day as the passing container ship obscured our view of land and half the sky.
The percentages are up now..."Reuters - Forty percent of cargo containers entering U.S. ports are now screened for radioactive material but a minimum of containers tagged as potential risks are inspected before they reach the country, according to a congressional report released on Thursday."
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