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Speaker: Ports may be vulnerable to terrorists

Jonathan Medalia, specialist in national defense, foreign affairs, defense and trade at the Congressional Research Service, highlighted the concern that ports are at risk from possible terrorist use of oil tankers as bomb platforms. Medalia spoke at the Laboratory's Physics Building Auditorium earlier this week. While container ships have been considered in counter-terror planning, Medalia said the massive oil supertankers moving back and forth from the Middle East pose a technical challenge that he sees as yet unaddressed. The talk was sponsored by the International, Space and Response (ISR) Division. Photo by LeRoy N. Sanchez, Public Affairs

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