I'm guessing that you caught my sarcasm. If radioactive material isn't discovered until Iowa, there is a problem.
It is just plain and simple pork - a rip off.
"Thousands of freight-hauling trucks drive through Iowa every day. Some of the busiest stretches of I-80 average more than 10,000 trucks daily, while sections of I-35 average 5,000 trucks per day."
Better late, than never -- or when it's too late.
Shortly after the 9-11 attacks, I read that some truck coming to the US from Canada tripped the radioactive detectors at the Canada border, but we didn't know about that for days, because the detectors didn't notify anyone real time, they just recorded the event and someone had to physically check it every few days. By that time obviously they were long gone. I think and hope they fixed this delayed reporting since then.
http://www.freep.com/news/nw/radio3_20020803.htm
Radioactive material missing in Midwest
Agents seek shipment that entered Michigan
August 3, 2002
BY TAMARA AUDI
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
Federal agents and teams of nuclear specialists are searching the Midwest for a mysterious shipment of radioactive material that was trucked across the Canadian border into Michigan in May, government officials said Friday.
Government inspectors did not become aware of the material until early June, about a week after it crossed the border. Newly installed sensors were not fully operational at the time, officials say. It was only after sensor recordings were examined days later that the radioactive material was noted.
The U.S. Department of Energy has sent members of its nuclear emergency eupport teams to search for the material across Michigan and the northern Midwest, government officials said. The teams use portable devices to test areas for radioactivity. Since Sept. 11, the teams have been sent about 70 times in response to reports of nuclear or radioactive threats, a government official said.
"All 70 have turned out negative," the official said. "We want to cover all our bases. It could be nothing. But we want to eliminate the possibility that it's something sinister."