[eyespysomething]

From the article:
Most carriers, however, seemed to be in compliance with the new rule. Of the paperwork reviewed on more than 142,000 sea containers last week, Customs found just the 13 containers that presented a problem.

Under the regulation, sea carriers must provide details of the contents of containers destined for the United States 24 hours before the cargo is loaded onto ships at foreign ports.
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This is a good idea, but if all they are going on is written documentation, one could easily lie. I hear people who are trying to smuggle weapons into America might do that. Or lie to the shipping companies about the cargo, and then the shipping companies wouldn't be lying, just repeating what they know.

[Sender]

Oh cmon now, terrorists wouldn't lie on the paperwork, would they?

Contents: device, nuclear
Status: armed, boobytrapped
Food/FDA item: no
Shipper: Ummah Distributors Inc
USA Destination: any/not important