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Fri 8 Dec 2006 Foreign ports pose terrorism threat to UK security FRANK URQUHART A LEADING Scottish security expert has warned that al-Qaeda terrorists could use lax security at foreign ports and on foreign ships to import terrorism into Britain. George Esson told a conference on international terrorism in London that there had been a patchwork international response on the need to tighten up security measures in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in the US. Mr Esson, who was Chief Constable when Dumfries and Galloway Police was investigating the Lockerbie disaster, now heads the security division of an Aberdeen-based marine safety company, Poseidon Maritime. He said a number of shipping companies and nations were failing to meet the stringent demands of the International Ship and Port Facilities Security Code (ISPS), established after 9/11. "Terrorists look for the weakest link and if that weakest link is in a port they will exploit that weakness. " He said that while the UK government had implemented the legislation a "notch beyond" what was required, there were concerns about the response in other countries. "In many countries there was no central guidance. The sheer volume of work and planning permission issues means many ports are still far from achieving effective security," he warned. [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: [email protected] 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/
