[Mudboy Slim]

"...investigators believe Atta may have considered flying a commercial jet into an aircraft carrier during his day of terror Sept. 11."

Sure wouldda done a lot more damage than the Pentagon kamikaze run...however, I reckon they weren't looking to nail something that can actually fight back.

FReegards...MUD

[poundsand]

Makes you think.... One of the reports indicated that they intercepted the ship and escorted it to the dock for inspection. This is not typical, but rather the customs officials will inspect the ship (remember on 2% of all cargo entering the US gets inspected) once is has docked but before it has off-loaded.

The reports indicate that they clearly were worried about stow-aways, but then detected the radioactivity. What types of cargo might leave enough radioactive contamination to give off readings that we could detect? There has been talk of having custom inspectors wear devices that can detect nuclear particles, but are these actually in service?

How long have we been watching this ship? I haven't heard a single report of this other than on the web.