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To: cavan who wrote (143225)	4/3/2005 8:31:35 AM
From: jmhollen	Read Replies (2) of 150070

Agreed, ...it's a problem - and HISC is working hard to solve it...: Security at Sea Ports Your Guide, Dennis Teigeler From Dennis Teigeler, Your Guide to Terrorism Issues. Protecting Sea Commerce Scenario: A training manual used by Al Qaeda was discovered that listed Sea Ports as a major objective of the terrorist organization. It is believed that Al Qaeda has possession of 15 ships, none of which can be located at this time. Imagine a scenario in which all 15 ships, carrying explosives were to hit strategic sea ports around the world. Consider what would happen if the top ten sea ports were attacked at the same time? It would create a crippling effect to the economy of the world. A fairy tale? No. An all too real possibility. Lack of Security: What makes an attack by sea so possible is the sheer volume of ships on the ocean and the lack of control of those ships. a. Millions of containers enter sea ports in the United States yearly. Only two percent of those containers are searched. The two percent searched are considered high risk ships containing cargo discrepancies. But the system used to identify those vessels comes from cargo manifests sent by the ships and outgoing ports. b. Searching every ship that enters a port will not make a sea port safer. If the ship is carrying explosives it only needs to enter the sea port to carry out its mission. The ship will have exploded long before anyone has a chance to search it. c. Unlike the air, where every plane that is in the air is tracked and its movement can be verified, there is no tracking of ships on the high seas. This means that a ship can go whereever it wishes without survelliance. d. Ships can carry millions of tons of cargo. This means a ship doesn't even have to enter a sea port to do damage. Imagine a ship loaded with explosives sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge and detonating? Or detonating in San Diego Harbor, destroying a large naval fleet stationed there. Or floating up the Potomac, right into the heart of the capital? What can and is being done? There are solutions underway for these problems. a. The Department of Homeland Security is beginning the process in which it will deploy its officers to foreign ports to inspect any cargo that is destined for the United States. This is similar to Pre-flight operations being done is some countries such as Ireland and Canada. b. The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) has deployed sea marshalls aboard some ships and is looking into the feasibility of having them on as many ships as possible. c. Some tracking of ships has already begun as any ship that enters the Saint Lawrence Seaway must be tracked by satellite. Implementing this on a world-wide scale will take time. Conclusion. Osama bin Ladin has already stated through his training manuals that he is interested in causing havoc at sea ports. He has at least fifteen ships roaming the seas undetected. At this point in time, sea ports are extremely vulnerable to attack. The question is, will security of the seas happen before or after a large scale sea port attack? terrorism.about.com SI's HISC Board: Subject 55587 .

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