[pbear8]

Oil tankers from the middle east go under the Golden Gate all the time.

All commercial traffic must give 96 hours notice that they are coming into port. They are meet at the sea buoy (the twelve mile mark) and along with the Port Pilot two armed Coasties board. They inspect the papers and the crew and protect the pilot whilst he brings the ship under the Gate.

[tax]

All commercial traffic must give 96 hours notice that they are coming into port. They are meet at the sea buoy (the twelve mile mark) and along with the Port Pilot two armed Coasties board. They inspect the papers and the crew and protect the pilot whilst he brings the ship under the Gate.

Thanks pbear8, good to know this. Three guys huh? Hope they have some radio security stuff going on!!

[My Identity]

Alternate paranoid scenario:

Container in a major port (probably LA) with a bomb (insert your favorite type here) loaded in a foreign port (reference your favorite Islamic hot spot here).

A few days ago they (the authorities) nabbed an Egyptian (terrorist) in Container in Italy:

Just put a few martyrs in containers and ship them to some major ports. If they spread enough Cesium 137 around LA harbor via a conventional explosion, that would be a pretty big economic dent.

Have a Nice Day!

MI