Scanning for Common Sense: Congressional Container Security MandateQuestioned

Yesterday, in a hearing before a subcommittee of the SenateScience, Commerce, and Transportation Committee, Homeland Securityofficials briefed legislators on the results of the Secure FreightInitiative (SFI) test. Congressionally mandated, the SFI testevaluated the feasibility of scanning 100 percent of the over 11million oceangoing containers shipped annually to the UnitedStates. The report concluded that such a requirement would beimpractical and unwise.

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