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This paper provides an overview of current U.S. port security programs, discussing efforts both to protect ports as a target and to prevent international goods movement from being used as a vector for terrorists, their weapons, or their supplies.
Authors: Jon D. Haveman, Howard J. Shatz, and Ernesto A. Vilchis, Author, Princeton University
December 20, 2005
This paper provides an overview of current U.S. port security programs, discussing efforts both to protect ports as a target and to prevent international goods movement from being used as a vector for terrorists, their weapons, or their supplies.
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