Canada, U.S. Compare Views on Maritime Terrorism Threats
The U.S. government calculates that there is a low risk of terrorism against North American shipping ports and along shared waterways; however a Canadian assessment of maritime security vulnerabilities shows quite a different view, according to a report from The Ottawa Citizen.
While a U.S. Department of Homeland Security report states that maritime attacks by al-Qaida are rare and generally centered in the Middle East, any use of this tactic in North America would be difficult due to MTS governance and law enforcement efforts to create a “less permissive maritime environment.”