| When Al Qaeda militants
deployed bombs on U.S.-bound planes, the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) responded by launching a program called Air Cargo Advance Screening
(ACAS) to prevent similar aviation security threats. That was a decade ago
and, as is typical with many government programs, it fails miserably to
accomplish its mission years after being implemented. “As a result, air
carriers will continue transporting high-risk air cargo into the United
States, putting public safety and national security at risk,” according
to a report made public this month by the DHS Inspector General,
which states the obvious in the document: “Air cargo shipments pose
significant threats to national security.” |
