[freeeee]

The Coast Guard does not board with other than side arms, unless there is specific intelligence as to a certain area or vessel or a heightened sense of security.

Right. "A heightened sense of security", meaning the War on Terror that even el Presidente has said won't be over for decades.

From the article:

"The second boat owner who spoke to The Herald said his boat was searched after he challenged officers who were searching other boats, at 10:30 p.m. Sept. 2, and during the morning on following days. Told they were acting as Homeland Security officers, he asked what they were protecting the harbor from.

"Terrorists," he said he was told by the officers, who exhorted him to "remember the Cole," referring to the October 2000 attack by terrorists on the USS Cole that killed 17 sailors."

Yup, the Yemeni bombers were in this guy's bilge tank!

[BeHoldAPaleHorse]

"Yup, the Yemeni bombers were in this guy's bilge tank!"

When the owner gets nasty about someone searching his bilge tank, yeah, I'd start wondering if that were the case.

Bottom line: admiralty law applies on navigable waterways, and has ever since the first days of the United States. If you don't like that, then renounce your citizenship and GTFOOMC.

[GodBlessUSA]

This is a bunch bunk. The response by any Coast Guard Boarding officer to the question of, what are you looking for? would be, "Any Violations of Federal Laws or Regulations". The minute a Boarding Officer says, I'm looking for a terrorist or any specific reason, they are limited to only that one function while they are on board the vessel.

I wish I knew the facts of the entire circumstances. I do not believe they are presented in this article.

[GodBlessUSA]

Heightened sense of security.


Meaning, if there are three officers and 10 men aboard the vessel they have to board, they would then, maybe have more than just side arms. Heightened sense of security, meaning their own safety.