Originally Posted by PatrickHenry1775

I just thought of a scenario that would accomplish many of the goals identified in the posts above. Two or three terrorists pilot a cigarette boat with a nuclear device and radioactive waste to a dock in New York harbor, then detonate the device. Lower Manhattan is devastated, Wall Street and our financial system takes a huge hit, fear runs rampant, many hostile groups and countries see the United States as an impotent giant, and if the government thinks that Iran was involved with this plot, war begins quickly. Shoes being removed at security checkpoints may look impressive to inexperienced leisure flyers, but DHS should be paying more attention to ports.