[FairOpinion]

Also read #11 -- I found an updated article.

[Eva]

Ok, the story on the GPS tracking device is that the FCC sold the frequency to a private buyer at auction (over the objection of the Coast Guard) for something like 1.6 million and the private buyer will sell the frequency back to the Coast Guard for 20 million. Without the radio frequency in gov't control, anyone can buy a device to read the GPS and track the ships. It's kind of like Oliver North's book where the gov't hired a private firm to make their decryption device and the owner's of the company then sold it to the UN, where it was used against the US.

[Eva]

Thanks, I read your article after I posted. The only thing wrong about the article is that everyone knew how important it was for the Coast Guard to control this frequency, including the FCC. The Coast Guard made their objections to the sale very clear. The ship owners may be dragging their feet on security preparations because the GPS tracking, as it stands, makes the ships less secure instead more secure. They want the devices removed if the Coast Guard does not get the frequency back.