TSA seeking to ban international packages over one pound
This is insane. Professor Jacobson reports that the United States Transport Security Administration is seeking to ban all international shipping of packages in excess of one pound. Japan Post Services Co. said it will stop accepting airmail packages bound for the United States weighing 453 grams (1 pound) or more starting Wednesday because airlines will stop such delivery at the request of U.S. aviation authorities as part of antiterrorism measures.Well, that'll do wonders for international commerce.
The postal services arm of Japan Post Holdings Co. handles 16 million letters and packages by air and sea to the U.S. annually, and "15 percent of that will be affected," a Japan Post spokesman said. That means about 200,000 packages a month will be affected.
The company said it will accept packages from senders that use a service enabling them to pay after delivery instead of beforehand, a service designated for regular customers, even if a package weighs 453 grams or more. The company will notify the public of any changes in the situation, the spokesman said.
Did it ever occur to these people that PETN - the plastic explosive favored by terrorists - can come in small packages?
Talk about chasing yesterday's terrorists....
Labels: international shipping ban, terrorism
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:01 AM
5 Comments:
Hi Carl.
Great for the Christmas periode.
Ah i forgot the Obamas did already their christmas shopping.
All it will do is make it harder for people to import stuff from overseas.
What it won't do is stop terrorists' ability to attack at will.
I read somewhere they don't give their kids presents for Christmas or birthdays.
They can't seriously mean to put LLBean and Landsend out of business...
Of course, there's no concern about what's in domestic packages.
Idiots.
It really does say that they have no idea how to secure anything.
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