Sounds like spin to me.
A year and a half later?
Precisely. A poor reason to let Islamists anywhere near our ports.
Of course, the same lack of care is shown on our Southern border, almost six years after 9/11.
Spin? It was known at the time. DPW offered to put in customs facilities to be manned by U.S. Customs officials at all of its facilities, and then added some huge amount of inspection equipment onto the table when the furor arose.
Even without that, the fuss was demogoguery in overdrive.