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| John Walters, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy |
CTAC's Director Al Brandenstein and I began formulating
the broad vision of how we might best bring
advanced technology into the fight against drug
abuse and drug crime more than a decade ago. It
is very gratifying for me to see how far along CTAC
has come in carrying out that vision.
One of CTAC's missions is to test and evaluate
technologies other federal agencies are considering
purchasing for their use in the fight against
drugs. After carefully testing the Vehicle and Cargo
Inspection Systems, CTAC gave the U.S. Customs
Service a very positive review and the government
purchased them.
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VACIS uses gamma rays to quickly probe trucks and trains for bombs and drugs |
These remarkable machines are at work today at
major ports of entry, scanning cargo containers,
trucks and trains, looking for contraband of all
kinds, including drugs and weapons of terror.In
late March of this year, President Bush went to the
border at El Paso and watched a VACIS machine
in operation.
