Stephen Flynn
Stephen Flynn
Stephen Flynnwas an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dálaat the 1932 general election for the Leitrim–Sligo constituency. He was re-elected at each subsequent general election up to 1957. He died in 1960 during the 16th Dáil, a by-election was held on 1 March 1961 which was won by Joseph McLoughlin of Fine Gael...
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This is a case where we were arguing about the wrong part of the problem. Americans were shocked to learn that the vast majority of port operations in this country are handled by foreign firms. But transportation is a global network, and we're not going to own all of it.
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The lowest-paying jobs on the waterfront are security people. But is that a problem for foreign ownership? No. It's a problem for everybody.
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The ownership of marine terminal operations by foreign companies is not at the top of my list. It distracts us from much more worthwhile efforts to build security.
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It is physically impossible to check every container without essentially stopping global commerce.
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It isn't the event but the sudden lack of faith in the system that it causes.
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It is only a matter of time before terrorists breach the superficial security measures in place to protect the ports, ships and the millions of containers that link global producers to consumers.
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Well, it would not even have to be a chemical or biological or nuclear weapon. Because the only thing separating that container yard from basically where people live and work is a fence.
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I think he needs to hear, and he certainly values hearing, from private industry players investing their own resources into this project.
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It can't be a reactive, give me a specific laundry list of what you need and we'll figure whether we've got it. The most critical time in a disaster is in the first 48 to 72 hours and if you're not poised to help out you're not gonna be much good.
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The degree to which the Bush administration is willing to invest in conventional national security spending relative to basic domestic security measures is considerable.
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With no debate in Congress or directive from the White House, the Pentagon has narrowly defined its role as 'homeland defense' against an enemy attack from outside the United States, limiting its role in disaster response to a last-resort backfill for civil authorities. Not surprisingly, that philosophy dictates a very passive posture.
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We're not acting like a nation at war.
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We have no idea who's in the ports. And many of the folks who come in to service the ports, that drive the trucks back and forth, are people who don't have very distinguished backgrounds. May have criminal backgrounds.
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If I had to rank in order 10 things I'm worried about as it relates to security in our ports, the ownership of the lease of a terminal here in the U.S. is near nine or 10 on that list.