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Yemen Packages on UPS, FedEx Jets Show `Massive' Air-Cargo Security Hole
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 780148" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-29/yemen-packages-on-ups-fedex-jets-show-massive-air-cargo-security-hole.html" target="_blank">Yemen Packages on UPS, FedEx Jets Show `Massive' Air-Cargo Security Hole - Bloomberg</a></strong></p><p> </p><p>Explosives found in air-freight shipments from Yemen spotlight a dangerous hole in U.S. screening efforts and may spur the government to change how air cargo is handled, security specialists said. </p><p> </p><p>Discovery of the packages in the U.K. and Dubai, both bound for synagogues in Chicago, triggered an examination of three United Parcel Service Inc. planes yesterday and confiscation of a FedEx Corp. parcel. Both companies halted service from Yemen. </p><p> </p><p>While new U.S. rules implemented in August require screening of all cargo in the bellies of passenger airliners, goods on air freighters aren’t subject to those checks. UPS is the world’s largest package-delivery company, and Memphis, Tennessee-based FedEx runs the biggest cargo airline. </p><p> </p><p>“You cannot possibly inspect every last package that is sent across the globe,” said Christopher Boucek, an analyst specializing in al-Qaeda and the Middle East at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. “That is an inherent, massive weakness.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 780148, member: 1"] [B][URL="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-29/yemen-packages-on-ups-fedex-jets-show-massive-air-cargo-security-hole.html"]Yemen Packages on UPS, FedEx Jets Show `Massive' Air-Cargo Security Hole - Bloomberg[/URL][/B] Explosives found in air-freight shipments from Yemen spotlight a dangerous hole in U.S. screening efforts and may spur the government to change how air cargo is handled, security specialists said. Discovery of the packages in the U.K. and Dubai, both bound for synagogues in Chicago, triggered an examination of three United Parcel Service Inc. planes yesterday and confiscation of a FedEx Corp. parcel. Both companies halted service from Yemen. While new U.S. rules implemented in August require screening of all cargo in the bellies of passenger airliners, goods on air freighters aren’t subject to those checks. UPS is the world’s largest package-delivery company, and Memphis, Tennessee-based FedEx runs the biggest cargo airline. “You cannot possibly inspect every last package that is sent across the globe,” said Christopher Boucek, an analyst specializing in al-Qaeda and the Middle East at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. “That is an inherent, massive weakness.” [/QUOTE]
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