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Originally Posted by PC Dave
Every now and again, it's useful to see the world as it is,
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All the same port security should be a major issue. I spend a lot of time in LA Harbor sitting on a boat. The Harbor Patrol has long been concerned about security – long before 9/11. I always thought it was about drugs because the harbor is the wholesale district for the LA area, but no, they've always been concerned about the potential for nukes to come in on a container. Most of the Asians arrive in containers and lots get in so it's only reasonable to think other stuff has too for a long time.
Security at the border sucks. For all this effort in manpower and equipment they just don't check at the ports of entry. So many “illegals” ride in inside of the produce trucks, but you never hear about it – they don't even look. For three years now “Customs” has had an X-Ray truck sitting off to the side in Naco. I've crossed hundreds of times in the time it's been sitting there. The Mexicans have checked my trunk 20/30 times, but US Customs has yet never looked in my trunk and only used the X-Ray truck twice. This is a multi-million dollar piece of equipment, but because the “fix” is so solid and well established there's nobody you can safely ***** too.