Rep Markey to Introduce Bill to Require 100% Screening for Cargo Planes
On October 31, 2010, Representative Markey (D), who authored the 2007 law that requires 100% screening of all air cargo transported on domestic passenger planes and all international passenger planes entering the U.S., announced that when Congress reconvenes following the elections, he intends to introduce legislation that would require 100% screening of all cargo on cargo planes. Markey’s announcement comes in the wake of revelations that Al Qaeda terrorists based in Yemen attempted to ship explosives to two synagogues in Chicago.
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Markey notes that while the U.S. now has 100% screening of air cargo being transported on domestic passenger planes, and is screening over a reported 80% of the incoming air cargo on international passenger planes, the U.S. is not yet screening all the freight on all-cargo carriers.