After 9/11 we also recognized the need to protect our seaports. In 2002 we passed the Maritime Transportation Security Act. which was the start of developing a national and regional maritime security plan or plans. This legislation also required the Department of Homeland Security to help ports develop individual security plans and directed Customs and Border Protection to design a system for receiving information on ships cargoes before they docked at a U.S. port. Now. 4 years later. we are finally taking the next step. Still. port security has never received the same level of attention as airport security. and part of this is because 9/11 tragically exposed the vulnerabilities of our ports and it has been burned into our memories.
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