Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Security Gaps Already Plague Ports
More on current port "security"...
The Wall Street Journal reports:
"At least one of the ports where DP World is set to operate, Baltimore, has been dogged by security shortcomings for years. A Baltimore Sun investigation in June 2005 revealed that the port's fiber-optic alarm system on the perimeter fence malfunctioned and was usually switched off, and that port police were so understaffed that their patrol boats often dry-docked because there was no one to operate them. The newspaper also found that a pair of 'video cameras' guarding the entrance to one important marine terminal were actually blocks of wood on poles."
