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Oct 13, 2006 5:46 pm US/Pacific Security Still A Concern At Port Of Oakland (CBS 5) OAKLAND 11 million shipping containers enter the United States every year. The Department of Homeland Security wants to reduce the chance terrorists could slip nuclear, chemical or biological weapons in those containers. A new law will fund $400 million a year to boost port security. The Port of Oakland wants to invest in new technology, such as thermal imaging cameras that can literally see through container. The port is also looking at biometric identification for its 27,000 workers. "There's technology out there we'd like to prototype. And being a busy port, as we are, with both imports and exports, we become a good model for rest of nation.. in terms of what works and what doesn't," said Harold Jones of the Port. The port of Oakland is the 4th largest I the country and it handles $33 billion worth of cargo every year. Perimiter fencing, surveillance cameras and intrusion detection devices operate 24 hours a day. All trucks transporting containers from the docks must pass through radiation portal monitors which screen for nuclear or radioactive materials. If an alarm goes off, the truck goes through a second physical inspection. Currently, only 65 percent of containers coming in are screened. Homeland Security wants to boost that to 100 percent by the end of next year. But even with all the security measures, they do not address what is coming into port, before the containers are offloaded, which concerns dock workers. "Mostly what is coming in, you don't know what is in them," said Rick Winana, a longshoreman "It could be a bomb, could be radioactive waste." Linda Yee reports. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
