Pepper Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Fox News:Napolitano Urges Allies to Crack Down on Bomb-Making MaterialBy Mike LevinePublished January 06, 2011 | FoxNews.comBRUSSELS -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is warning America's allies in the fight against terrorism that they must expand the monitoring of the global supply chain to include everyday substances that can be used to make weapons."But as you know from last October when we had the attempt to get bombs hidden in toner cartridges onto cargo planes, cargo itself can become a target," she said.Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/05/napolitano-counterterrorism-focus-shipments-everyday-chemicals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 From a caption below a toner cartridge picture: Nov. 6: Explosive material secreted in a printer cartridge which was shipped via commercial cargo aircraft from Yemen with final destination the U.S. The explosive didn't go off, but it did set counterterrorism officials down a new path to address potential security risks. Thank goodness for the Obama administration. Always going down new paths. (I didn't have a clue that this could happen. )sarcasm This makes better sense than sealing the borders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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