Isn't it about time the government lowered the terrorism threat level? By having it at the elevated/high level for the past five plus years they have encouraged people to become jaded and cynical about it ( Read more... )

But...were the ports of entry run by Americans?
WASHINGTON (AP) - Undercover investigators slipped radioactive material - enough to make two small "dirty bombs" - across U.S. borders in Texas and Washington state in a test last year of security at American points of entry.

Because that's all that matters!

The problem is the lack of inspections and the inability to determine whether a container has been opened in transit.
The previously undisclosed results from the study found that cargo containers can be opened secretly during shipment to add or remove items without alerting U.S. authorities, according to government documents marked "sensitive ( Read more... )