Why should we rely on private firms who like to cut corners for profit to protect the public interest? Private and municipal airports relied on private security firms and they let us down, why expect anything different from private security firms guarding nuclear power plants? These last two Q's are stmts in the form of rhetorical questions intended to contextualize the Q in the Q-box. They are two reasons why I ask my Q. Do we have to wait for another catastrophe by terror attack at one of our nuclear power plants for Chertoff's Homeland Security Department to take action?
2007-08-17 01:59:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Nobody was "paranoid"(an inflammatory way of denigrating a legitimate concern?) about turning airliners into missiles to demolish the Twin Towers. To equate federalization with socialization is ignorant talkj bec Gov't is constitutionally responsible for handling threats to National Security. An attack on a nuclear power plant is one of those threats. Get real people.
2007-08-17 03:12:43 · update #1
I happen to work at a Nuclear Power Plant and I can assure you security is tight, very tight. All of our security is armed many of which carry fully automatic AR-15 M4 Assault rifles. They are well trained, many are former marines, and they run force on force drills regularly with blank ammunition and laser gear. Not only is security well trained the plant itself is well protected. It is like a military prison camp with heavy concrete barriers and razor wire everywhere. Before 9/11 we used to be able to park relatively close to the buildings but now we have to park very far away, takes me 10 minutes to get to my desk because the old parking area is now protected by huge concrete barriers that could easily stop a semi. Plus to get into the plant area you pass through metal detectors, bomb detectors, and have to get another ID card that the plant itself holds. I am 100% confident that any ground assault would end in failure, and switching to gov't control would not change much of anything.
2007-08-20 15:12:57 · answer #1 · answered by N8 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but just about everything in the criminal justice field in getting privatized at a very fast rate. Instead of creating more federal agencies, why not increase standards and training for private companies? Everything from guards, prisons, prisoner transport and alot of other stuff the government is responsible for is now being taken over by private companies. I don't really see the difference between airport security now a days to before TSA was in place. There still poorly trained guards with a new uniform now. If it was better now then it was before, they wouldn't have cops working at the airport, TSA would be the only law enforcement agency there. Try sneaking something pass security, its not very hard. I see where you're comming from, but making more federal agencies wouldn't be the answer. Communication between different organizations, and better training and standards is the key to better protection against attacks
2007-08-18 19:56:22 · answer #2 · answered by vago 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Security at nuclear plants has gone way up in the past 6 years. One of my relatives works at one and there has been a dramatic increase, even though it was pretty tight before.
What really needs to happen is people need to stop being so paranoid and willing to give up the freedoms in order to feel safe.
2007-08-17 02:07:19 · answer #3 · answered by Disillusion 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you crazy??? What do you think TSA stands for? How about " Thousands Standing Around" because that is just what has happened. As with any "Government" program, is there is any way possible to make it as INEFFICIENT as possible, the government will spare no cost in making it so. Ask yourself this question? If you had to place your trust in someone, would it be the Government, or a private businessman who has to rely on your patronage to stay in business?
2007-08-17 02:16:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh sure. Turn it over to the same government agency that "secures" our airports. After all, they seem to manage to fail every test that they run to see if they can pick up weapons and explosives coming through. Oh yea. Let's turn everything critical in this world over to the government. They rarely screw anything up huh?
2007-08-17 02:37:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
And especially our ports. If they send in anything through a container in a shipping port, the chances of being detected are 1 in 100 or more.
2007-08-17 02:07:30 · answer #6 · answered by shermynewstart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congress for the period of the Bush years. observe that those persons are long long previous? you are able to no longer relatively nevertheless be blaming them for this could you? Eh, you're libearls. of direction you vermin will.
2016-10-10 10:17:14 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's crazy talk.
The next thing you are going to say is that our port security shouldn't be run by foreign companies.
2007-08-17 02:05:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wait, isn't federalizing something socialism?
2007-08-17 02:05:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋