CBP's McAleenan Discusses Cargo Screening in House Subcommittee Testimony

CBP official Kevin McAleenan briefly touched on cargo screening in his Sept. 11 testimony before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security in a hearing on travel security since 9/11. McAleenan, CBP Deputy Assistant Commissioner Office of Field Operations, spoke of the National Targeting Center (NTC) and its new role. "A recent effort to make CBP passenger and cargo targeting more effective, the NTC was established as a stand-alone entity in the Office of Field Operations with greater responsibility for CBP passenger and cargo targeting operations at the port of entry," he said. "The NTC continues to improve its operations as DHS and CBP anti-terrorism targeting requirements expand by exploring new and innovative ways to identify, interdict or deter terrorists, their weapons and their supporters."