Let's not forget the last FBI bulletin re: this area.
Possible threats VULNERABILITY Houston is considered one of eight U.S. cities most vulnerable to a potential terrorist attack because of:
• A porous Gulf of Mexico coastline and border with Mexico
• A petrochemical industry that holds the military's contract for fuel and supplies 50 percent of the nation's gasoline
• The Texas Medical Center
• NASA's Johnson Space Center
• A nuclear power plant in Bay City
• One of the nation's largest ports
• An international airport named for former President Bush, making it a symbolic target
• More foreign consulates (60) than any city other than New York and Washington, D.C.
Are there enough Coast Guard vessels to search all inbound ships?