(Reuters)
U.S. Homeland Security
Secretary Janet Napolitano called on Thursday for more international
cooperation in protecting transport routes against attack and controlling trade
in potentially dangerous materials.
In a speech in Brussels, Napolitano said security and
customs authorities needed to work closer with industry to develop new
technologies and share information to track chemicals that can be used to
produce weapons.
Not enough effort is
made, she also said, to minimise potential disruptions to trade and transport
in case major infrastructure hubs are damaged by attacks.
“Consider the
consequences of such an attack ... Beyond the immediate impact ... the
consequences could quickly snowball and impact economies around the world,”
Napolitano said during a two-day visit to meet European Union officials. Read
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