[TML] Space Piracy

[Richard Aiken]

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Leon Wu <Leon.Wu at newswire.ca> wrote:
> I would also add "real" security would so bog down the system that trade
> would effectively grind to a halt. Our port/airport security (or lack
> thereof) is a case in point. Our ports are vulnerable but there's talk
> of inspecting every container - something that would just about stop all
> imports.

I would further add that there is the security that is mandated by
policy and the security that actually gets implemented.  Re: The
recent resignation of both the Secretary of the Air Force and the Air
Force Chief of Staff, due to repeated violations of nuclear security
protocols.

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Richard Aiken

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