Scanning goals have not proved feasible and July deadline cannot be met,
says government security chief
US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and Department
of Homeland Security (DHS) have not shown they can meet 100% screening of cargo
containers, as required by the 9/11 Act, according to Stephen Caldwell
Director, Homeland Security and Justice for the US Government Accountability
Office (GAO).
“Uncertainty persists over how DHS and CBP will
fulfill the mandate for 100% scanning, given that the feasibility remains
unproven in light of the challenges CBP has faced implementing a pilot
programmme,” Caldwell said in a statement to the House Subcommittee on Border
and Maritime Security. Read more here.
