QM2 Cruises Into Security Scrutiny
MIAMI — Longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall and weighing in at about 150,000 tons, the Queen Mary 2 (search) is the biggest cruise ship ever built, making its maiden voyage a massive security concern.
The trans-Atlantic trip, which began Monday in England and ends Jan. 24 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., is being made under tight security. When U.S. forces captured Al Qaeda's so-called "chief of naval operations," he was carrying a 180 page-document listing targets of opportunity -- supposedly including large Western cruise ships.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108146,00.html I'll bet anything that a British attack sub is shadowing her.