OT GAO -- Customs Failed 'Dirty Bomb' Test (would DPW have caught this 'un?)

By Spencer S. Hsu and William Branigin
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, March 29, 2006; Page A02

Congressional investigators testing U.S. port security smuggled enough
radioactive material into the United States last year to make two
radiological "dirty" bombs, officials told a Senate panel yesterday.

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/28/AR2006032800774.html>

Learning Richard, 3/29/2006, 7:12:32 AM,
<1143634352.265957.108570@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> By Spencer S. Hsu and William Branigin
> Washington Post Staff Writers
> Wednesday, March 29, 2006; Page A02
>
> Congressional investigators testing U.S. port security smuggled enough
> radioactive material into the United States last year to make two
> radiological "dirty" bombs, officials told a Senate panel yesterday.
>
> <[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/28/AR200[/url]
> 6032800774.html>[/color]

I went through Customs in Atlanta last week and can certainly
understand how these people were duped into allowing the material to
get through. I was ashamed to admit to my fellow foreign travellers
that these TSA people were our first line of defense. It felt like I
was at the Post Office, if you know what I mean...

However, the article also stated that the trace amounts of radioactive
material were detected by the sensors so that is some good news. At
least the technology is there, if we could just get some accountable
competent contractors instead of unionized government workers who stand
around scratching their asses we may be in better shape.

--
"Laws are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made." ~
Otto von Bismarck

On 29 Mar 2006 19:51:55 GMT, "badgolferman"
<REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Learning Richard, 3/29/2006, 7:12:32 AM,
><1143634352.265957.108570@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> By Spencer S. Hsu and William Branigin
>> Washington Post Staff Writers
>> Wednesday, March 29, 2006; Page A02
>>
>> Congressional investigators testing U.S. port security smuggled enough
>> radioactive material into the United States last year to make two
>> radiological "dirty" bombs, officials told a Senate panel yesterday.
>>
>> <[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/28/AR200[/url]
>> 6032800774.html>[/color]
>
>I went through Customs in Atlanta last week and can certainly
>understand how these people were duped into allowing the material to
>get through. I was ashamed to admit to my fellow foreign travellers
>that these TSA people were our first line of defense. It felt like I
>was at the Post Office, if you know what I mean...
>
>However, the article also stated that the trace amounts of radioactive
>material were detected by the sensors so that is some good news. At
>least the technology is there, if we could just get some accountable
>competent contractors instead of unionized government workers who stand
>around scratching their asses we may be in better shape.[/color]

Amen....I KNEW were in for some idiots when they made those guys
g'ment workers...

--

Scott in Florida

"Scott in Florida" <MoveOn@outa.here> wrote in message
news:mjsl22dit9c7pi3f8pujhelqirkjbrfnk1@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On 29 Mar 2006 19:51:55 GMT, "badgolferman"
> <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >Learning Richard, 3/29/2006, 7:12:32 AM,
> ><1143634352.265957.108570@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >> By Spencer S. Hsu and William Branigin
> >> Washington Post Staff Writers
> >> Wednesday, March 29, 2006; Page A02
> >>
> >> Congressional investigators testing U.S. port security smuggled enough
> >> radioactive material into the United States last year to make two
> >> radiological "dirty" bombs, officials told a Senate panel yesterday.
> >>
> >> <[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/28/AR200[/url]
> >> 6032800774.html>[/color]
> >
> >I went through Customs in Atlanta last week and can certainly
> >understand how these people were duped into allowing the material to
> >get through. I was ashamed to admit to my fellow foreign travellers
> >that these TSA people were our first line of defense. It felt like I
> >was at the Post Office, if you know what I mean...
> >
> >However, the article also stated that the trace amounts of radioactive
> >material were detected by the sensors so that is some good news. At
> >least the technology is there, if we could just get some accountable
> >competent contractors instead of unionized government workers who stand
> >around scratching their asses we may be in better shape.[/color]
>
> Amen....I KNEW were in for some idiots when they made those guys
> g'ment workers...
>
> --
>
> Scott in Florida[/color]

The Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard are all government
workers. Are they idiots, too?


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On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:07:31 -0600, "DH" <dh@stargate.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>"Scott in Florida" <MoveOn@outa.here> wrote in message
>news:mjsl22dit9c7pi3f8pujhelqirkjbrfnk1@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> On 29 Mar 2006 19:51:55 GMT, "badgolferman"
>> <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> >Learning Richard, 3/29/2006, 7:12:32 AM,
>> ><1143634352.265957.108570@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> By Spencer S. Hsu and William Branigin
>> >> Washington Post Staff Writers
>> >> Wednesday, March 29, 2006; Page A02
>> >>
>> >> Congressional investigators testing U.S. port security smuggled enough
>> >> radioactive material into the United States last year to make two
>> >> radiological "dirty" bombs, officials told a Senate panel yesterday.
>> >>
>> >> <[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/28/AR200[/url]
>> >> 6032800774.html>
>> >
>> >I went through Customs in Atlanta last week and can certainly
>> >understand how these people were duped into allowing the material to
>> >get through. I was ashamed to admit to my fellow foreign travellers
>> >that these TSA people were our first line of defense. It felt like I
>> >was at the Post Office, if you know what I mean...
>> >
>> >However, the article also stated that the trace amounts of radioactive
>> >material were detected by the sensors so that is some good news. At
>> >least the technology is there, if we could just get some accountable
>> >competent contractors instead of unionized government workers who stand
>> >around scratching their asses we may be in better shape.[/color]
>>
>> Amen....I KNEW were in for some idiots when they made those guys
>> g'ment workers...
>>
>> --
>>
>> Scott in Florida[/color]
>
>The Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard are all government
>workers. Are they idiots, too?[/color]

You dims think so...while they are saving your sorry asses...

--

Scott in Florida

DH, 3/29/2006,4:07:31 PM, wrote:
[color=blue]
> "Scott in Florida" <MoveOn@outa.here> wrote in message
> news:mjsl22dit9c7pi3f8pujhelqirkjbrfnk1@4ax.com...[color=green]
> > On 29 Mar 2006 19:51:55 GMT, "badgolferman"
> > <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > > Learning Richard, 3/29/2006, 7:12:32 AM,
> > ><1143634352.265957.108570@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> By Spencer S. Hsu and William Branigin
> > >> Washington Post Staff Writers
> > >> Wednesday, March 29, 2006; Page A02
> > > >
> > >> Congressional investigators testing U.S. port security smuggled[/color]
> > enough >> radioactive material into the United States last year to
> > make two >> radiological "dirty" bombs, officials told a Senate
> > panel yesterday.[color=darkred]
> > > >
> > >>[/color]
> > <[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/28/AR2[/url]
> > 00 >> 6032800774.html>[color=darkred]
> > >
> > > I went through Customs in Atlanta last week and can certainly
> > > understand how these people were duped into allowing the material
> > > to get through. I was ashamed to admit to my fellow foreign
> > > travellers that these TSA people were our first line of defense.
> > > It felt like I was at the Post Office, if you know what I mean...
> > >
> > > However, the article also stated that the trace amounts of
> > > radioactive material were detected by the sensors so that is some
> > > good news. At least the technology is there, if we could just
> > > get some accountable competent contractors instead of unionized
> > > government workers who stand around scratching their asses we may
> > > be in better shape.[/color]
> >
> > Amen....I KNEW were in for some idiots when they made those guys
> > g'ment workers...
> >[/color]
>
> The Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard are all government
> workers. Are they idiots, too?[/color]

No, they are Armed Forces. I differentiate between Armed Forces and
Civil Service.

--
"No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by
making other bastards die for their country." ~ George Smith Patton

The lady that caught the bombs from Canada heading for the west coast a few
years ago was a government employee. So is the cop and fireman who might
save your life someday.


"DH" <dh@stargate.com> wrote in message
news:442af84f$0$21428$6d36acad@titian.nntpserver.com...[color=blue]
> "Scott in Florida" <MoveOn@outa.here> wrote in message
> news:mjsl22dit9c7pi3f8pujhelqirkjbrfnk1@4ax.com...[color=green]
>> On 29 Mar 2006 19:51:55 GMT, "badgolferman"
>> <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> >Learning Richard, 3/29/2006, 7:12:32 AM,
>> ><1143634352.265957.108570@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> By Spencer S. Hsu and William Branigin
>> >> Washington Post Staff Writers
>> >> Wednesday, March 29, 2006; Page A02
>> >>
>> >> Congressional investigators testing U.S. port security smuggled enough
>> >> radioactive material into the United States last year to make two
>> >> radiological "dirty" bombs, officials told a Senate panel yesterday.
>> >>
>> >> <[url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/28/AR200[/url]
>> >> 6032800774.html>
>> >
>> >I went through Customs in Atlanta last week and can certainly
>> >understand how these people were duped into allowing the material to
>> >get through. I was ashamed to admit to my fellow foreign travellers
>> >that these TSA people were our first line of defense. It felt like I
>> >was at the Post Office, if you know what I mean...
>> >
>> >However, the article also stated that the trace amounts of radioactive
>> >material were detected by the sensors so that is some good news. At
>> >least the technology is there, if we could just get some accountable
>> >competent contractors instead of unionized government workers who stand
>> >around scratching their asses we may be in better shape.[/color]
>>
>> Amen....I KNEW were in for some idiots when they made those guys
>> g'ment workers...
>>
>> --
>>
>> Scott in Florida[/color]
>
> The Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard are all government
> workers. Are they idiots, too?
>
>
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