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Coast Guard to Track Ships Using Buoys
nomrniceguy writes "The Coast Guard plans to use dozens of buoys off the U.S. coast to extend the reach of a security system that monitors large vessels heading in and out of ports. The buoys are intended to extend the network's reach -- the Guard now receives the automated data only when a vessel is within about 25 miles of a port. The floating transmitters will relay the information from hundreds of miles off shore, from the middle of Lake Superior and off coastlines from Alaska to Maine."
Isn't there laws against that?
Slashdot "editor" michael uses binoculars to track boys.
If this... if that.... The government certainly has you singing to their tune with the war on terror. Sigh.
If terrorists were to attack, do you not think they would of done it by now? They'll certainly do it now, now that safeguards are in place. Besides, didn't the US remove the big terrorist powerhouse that was Iraq?
Attacking a Supertanker would incur the wrath of other nations and private enterprises, why get them involved now, why give the US real allies which makes your life harder. Also if you had kept up to date on your Michael Moore, you would know the connections between the US government, the oil barons and the Bin Laden family...
Oh, wait. I can hear a knock at the door. It's the feds, says I've been badmouthing the Commander in Chief.
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