Posted on 12/16/2004 2:38:28 AM PST by Jim Robinson
For a long time the rumor world was saying Bin Laden will use a country like India to send a container of shipped cargo with Nukes to US. The experts have said, US is vulnerable to such cargo from a country not in the terror list or even close to the list.
US and India today tried to pug the whole in cargo security.
According to PTI, India and the United States signed an agreement Wednesday for exchange of information and intelligence to prevent customs offences. US Ambassador to India David C Mulford and Central Board of Excise and Customs chairman A K Singh signed the Customs Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance Agreement at the Finance Ministry.
The agreement would formalise the existing working relationship between customs administrations of the two countries.
"The combined effort of our customs authorities to set up a permanent site here was a testament to the significance of US-India cooperation against terrorism, drug trafficking, fraud and a host of other critical issues," Mulford said. International criminal activities have increased with the rapid expansion of global economy, aided by opening borders and greater sophistication in technology, he said. It was essential for the US to establish a network of bilateral agreements with customs agencies worldwide to thwart criminal and terrorist activities, he said...
(Excerpt) Read more at indiadaily.com ...
Jim - what the heck are you doing up at this hour?
There are so many avenues that they can get something through our defenses, the easiest being shipping and the porous borders.
Whoever gets stuck with the Homeland Security job has a big task ahead of them....
US and India today tried to pug the whole in cargo security.
I sure hope they can pug that whole!
This one? ...
Ping!
"US and India Sign treaty on customs cooperation"
Good plan
Pug the Whole??
My BEEBER is Stuned!
Bomb sniffing dogs, perhaps? Although a pug seems to be a poor choice... : )
the correct grammar here is:
pwug the hole
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