[Cindy]

Thanks to PIASA for pointing to this article and thread.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1398663/posts?page=10


"Driver tried sneaking radioactive soil"
Source: AP ^ | 5/7/2005 | KRQE NEWS 13

Posted on 05/07/2005 12:47:16 PM PDT by EBH

[all4one]

Cindy...what a strange article. The body of the article says nothing to coincide with the title regarding "radioactive" soil. It seems that journalists can no longer answer the basic questions of who...what...where and why when writing an article. Just makes me think that there is much more to this story, that is not being reported.

[all4one]

U.S. to Spend Billions More to Alter Security Systems (5/7/05)

By ERIC LIPTON WASHINGTON, May 7 - After spending more than $4.5 billion on screening devices to monitor the nation's ports, borders, airports, mail and air, the federal government is moving to replace or alter much of the antiterrorism equipment, concluding that it is ineffective, unreliable or too expensive to operate.

Many of the monitoring tools - intended to detect guns, explosives, and nuclear and biological weapons - were bought during the blitz in security spending after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001......

Link to Full Article a "Must Read" for TM'ers

[MamaDearest]

"Driver tried sneaking radioactive soil"

Wonder what the driver intended to do with the radioactive soil once he had gotten it across the border?