Packaging & Transportation: Intelligence Summary 05 February - 11 February 2007

New York To Test Ways To Guard Against Nuclear Terror
08 February 2007

NEW YORK TIMES (WASHINGTON D.C.) - Starting in spring 2007 at a Staten Island port terminal, the federal government will assess new detection machines designed to screen cargo and distinguish between naturally occurring radiation and critical bomb-building ingredients. Later in 2007, the government plans to begin setting up an elaborate network of radiation alarms at some bridges, tunnels, roadways and waterways into New York. The detection equipment, some of which would be mobile, would be electronically connected and monitored. Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/09/nyregion/09nuke.html?em&ex=1171170000&en=6507810ff9f35d06&ei=5087%0A (Reliability: 7)

Analysis: It is unlikely that the government will test a similar network in any other U.S. city in 2007. The system carries a large cost and its effectiveness is unproven. (Analytic Confidence: 8)