Port Workers to Undergo Background Checks

Port Workers to Undergo Background ChecksApr 25 1:51 PM US/Eastern

By LARA JAKES JORDANAssociated Press Writer
WASHINGTON
Answering criticism about security gaps at U.S. seaports, the Bush administration said Tuesday it will conduct background checks on an estimated 400,000 port workers to ensure they do not pose a terrorist threat.

Names of employees who work in the most sensitive areas of ports will be matched against government terror watch lists and immigration databases, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said. Additionally, the Homeland Security Department will issue tamper-free identification cards to roughly 750,000 workers _ including truckers and rail employees _ who have unrestricted assess to ports.

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Tamper proof they say! You show me someone who builds anything and I'll show you someone else who can circumvent, destroy, or otherwise defeat what has been built.

Background checks are fine, however I favor 'profiling'. Yes that horrid word 'profiling'! If you look like a 'polecat, smell like a polecat, and act like a polecat then you're a polecat'!