Introduction
A Customs officer uses a hand-held radiation-detection device to check a container truck entering a U.S. seaport. (Government Accountability Office)
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The controversy over an Arab company's plan to operate terminals at six U.S. seaports put port security at the top of lawmakers' agenda. But some security experts say the firestorm over the ill-fated Dubai Ports World deal masks a bigger problem: the failure of the United States to invest enough on security — including infrastructure upgrades, advanced radiation-detection equipment and manpower — to prevent terrorists from smuggling radioactive bombs or other dangerous materials into one of the more than 360 U.S. seaports. Only 5 percent of the 11.3 million shipping containers arriving at U.S. seaports last year were examined, leading some members of Congress to call for inspections of all U.S.-bound containers. The Bush administration defends its port security strategy and vows to install more radiation-detection devices at U.S. and overseas ports and to expand programs that ask U.S. businesses and foreign governments to voluntarily heighten security overseas.
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May 14, 2021 |
Domestic Terrorism |
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Apr. 09, 2021 |
Targeted Killings |
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Apr. 01, 2016 |
Defeating the Islamic State |
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Jan. 29, 2016 |
Unrest in Turkey |
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Jun. 27, 2014 |
Assessing the Threat From al Qaeda |
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Sep. 02, 2011 |
Remembering 9/11 |
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Sep. 03, 2010 |
Homegrown Jihadists |
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Mar. 12, 2010 |
Prosecuting Terrorists  |
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Nov. 2009 |
Terrorism and the Internet |
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Feb. 13, 2009 |
Homeland Security |
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Apr. 21, 2006 |
Port Security |
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Oct. 14, 2005 |
Global Jihad |
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Apr. 02, 2004 |
Nuclear Proliferation and Terrorism |
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Feb. 22, 2002 |
Policing the Borders |
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Oct. 12, 2001 |
War on Terrorism |
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Jul. 21, 1995 |
Combating Terrorism |
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Aug. 26, 1988 |
New Approach to Mideast Terrorism |
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May 30, 1986 |
Dealing With Terrorism |
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Oct. 08, 1982 |
Prospects for Peace in Northern Ireland |
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Mar. 27, 1981 |
Anti-Terrorism: New Priority in Foreign Policy |
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Dec. 02, 1977 |
International Terrorism |
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Jan. 26, 1973 |
Control of Skyjacking |
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May 13, 1970 |
Political Terrorism |
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Jul. 24, 1952 |
Red Terrorism in Malaya |
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