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NyTimes: DHS to rip out old detectors and put in new ones

U.S. to Spend Billions More to Alter Security Systems

The articles says,

• problems identified with radiation monitors deployed are prompting an upgrade of these systems.
• false positives and lack of discrimination are causing alarms to be ignored.
• Officials are saying these systems were deployed in a rush post-9/11, perhaps for deterrence, and whether they worked wasn't as high a priority.

NTI makes a movie about nuclear terrorism

http://lastbestchance.org/

Last Best Chance is a documentary-drama about how Al Qaeda terrorists make a nuclear weapon and create a surprise attack just like 9/11.

WashPost: Megaports initiative yields few foriegn ports equipped with nuclear detectors

Study: Few Nuke Detection Systems at Ports
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... The department also has failed to develop long-term plans to expand the security measures beyond ports slated for the detection systems by 2010, the Government ...

US Called Unprepared For Nuclear Terrorism

US Called Unprepared For Nuclear Terrorism
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) gave the same answer: a nuclear device in the hands of terrorists. But more than 3 1/2 years after the Sept. ...