by CRUEL KEV.
In an incident that triggered security concerns, a Jeddah-bound ship from Singapore, with 10 Indonesians on board, entered Indian territorial waters about 10 nautical miles from the upcoming 2000MW nuclear power plant in Kudankulam in Tirunelveli district in south Tamil Nadu on Thursday evening. The vessel's presence in the vicinity of the high-security nuclear plant created a quite a stir, though it was later found that the ship had strayed into the country's territorial waters due to bad weather. However, authorities are not taking any chances and the ship is being towed by the Coast Guard to the nearby Tuticorin port for further investigation. , a small 35-metre vessel, was first noticed by fishermen late Thursday evening. On sighting the flickering lights from the vessel, the fishermen immediately informed the fisheries department officials who in turn alerted the local police. Marine police DSP Manirathinam went on board to make enquiries. The anxiety was further heightened as the _strange' vessel was close to the shore and the sensitive nuclear installation, raising questions about a possible security breach. The Kudankulam nuclear power project is being constructed with Russian cooperation and the first of the reactors is expected to go critical in December this year or early 2010. Tirunelveli deputy inspector general of police P Kannappan told TOI that the ship had come within a distance of 10 nautical miles, well within territorial waters. On Friday morning, a police team went on board the vessel to investigate. "We found the captain, Augustin Polo, and nine others, all bearing Indonesian passports, on board the vessel. They told us they were employees of an oil firm in Jeddah and had left Singapore on September 19 and were headed for the Saudi Arabian city when bad weather and strong winds forced them off course," Kannappan said. Superintendent of police Asra Garg confirmed the presence of the ship in the Indian waters close to the nuclear plant and said the...
16.09.09
The findings, which Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said she will share with the White House and national security officials, could lead to substantial changes to a widely panned but politically sensitive tool created after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to alert the nation to threats.
Since its inception, critics inside government and out have ridiculed the Homeland Security Advisory System -- keyed to five colors running from green, or "low risk," to red, or "severe risk" -- for being vague and unhelpful.
In raising and lowering alert levels 17 times from 2002 to 2006, the Bush administration opened itself to charges that it was manipulating the system for political effect. Tom Ridge, President George W. Bush's first homeland security secretary, acknowledged in a recent memoir that his personal concerns about that possibility contributed to his decision to step down after Bush's reelection in 2004.
In practice, the nation has never been below the third, or middle-threat, tier -- yellow, or "elevated risk." Analysts say it is unlikely any politician would risk lowering the level, regardless of threat intelligence, because any unexpected attack could hand opponents a political club.
Source: Washington Post
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