BTW, that is a thought-provoking article you linked. The extremists certainly do have their allies in the world and even here stateside.
Chinese pigs fed illegal chemical poisoning 300
Cargo container security risks still high
Snip: If terrorists were to explode a 10-kiloton nuclear bomb in the Port of Long Beach, Rand Corp. researchers recently calculated, it could kill 60,000 people instantly, expose 150,000 more to hazardous levels of radiation and result in more than $1 trillion in economic losses, at least 10 times the financial loss in the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center five years ago.