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Digital Agenda: Homeland security--Throwing money at technology

Strategic conflicts, rampant confusion and election-year politics are slowing the war on terror. A News.com special report.

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Throwing money at technology

By Robert Lemos and Mike Yamamoto
Staff Writers, CNET News.com
October 18, 2004, 4:00 AM PDT

As part of California's effort in the war on terror, state legislators this year proposed that trucks hauling hazardous materials be fitted with technologies that would allow authorities to seize control of hijacked vehicles--a law that supporters said should be passed "on an emergency basis."

The bill, however, was voted down after critics contended that the communication signals used in the proposed system could be easily commandeered by the very people it was supposed to stop.

Throwing money at technology

By Robert Lemos and Mike Yamamoto
Staff Writers, CNET News.com
October 18, 2004, 4:00 AM PDT

As part of California's effort in the war on terror, state legislators this year proposed that trucks hauling hazardous materials be fitted with technologies that would allow authorities to seize control of hijacked vehicles--a law that supporters said should be passed "on an emergency basis."

The bill, however, was voted down after critics contended that the communication signals used in the proposed system could be easily commandeered by the very people it was supposed to stop.

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