[carl in alaska]

Don't overreact. See post 85. The scanning equipment runs itself and the operators can't disable it either.

[AlexW]

Coast to Coast (Nuts to Nuts) is going crazy over this story.
Noory is going ballistic and says this will destroy Bush and cause his impeachment.
Buy tinfoil stocks..NOW.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Don't overreact. See post 85. The scanning equipment runs itself and the operators can't disable it either.

I am PRO-DPW. But here is the key problem with this port deal:

"The fact that foreign workers would have access to how the United States screens various containers for nuclear material and how this technology scrutinizes the containers — all those things allow someone with a nefarious intention to thwart the screening."

It is not a matter of manipulating the equipment. It is a matter of manipulating what passes through it to find out what kind of shielding will defeat it. That information can then be sold or used to defeat the same equipment at any port. My 81-year-old MOM understood the possibilities in a minute when I explained it and she has no nuclear knowledge (I do.)