The US Homeland Security Department has launched a test of its 100 percent scanning operation this week at Dulles International Airport near Washington, DC. All incoming air cargo passed through radiation detectors as the agency implements laws designed to avert what the 9/11 Commission’s final report called a major security vulnerability - cargo on airplanes as a potential avenue for terrorism. In the test at Dulles, every piece will be scanned, but the emphasis is on … [Read more...] about Americas: 100 per cent cargo scanning begins