Representative sees vulnerability in some air cargo
Online Exclusive, Aug 14 2003
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U.S. Representative Edward Markey (D-Mass.) says the policy of not screening jet cargo weighing less than a pound is a gaping loophole in airport security, The Boston Globe reports.
Markey is calling for all cargo to be screened similarly to passengers and their carry-on luggage, adding that 22 percent of cargo rides aboard passenger planes. As a member of the Select Committee on Homeland Security, he has sponsored legislation to require such screening measures.
George Naccara, federal security director of Logan Airport in Boston, told the newspaper that while screening all cargo has merit, accomplishing the task will be difficult given funding and lack of resources. For now, Naccara pointed to the TSA Known Shipper program as a way to reduce cargo risks.
Markey has questioned DHS because the Known Shipper program applies only to cargo weighing more than a pound.
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