No ship surveillance network yet on the horizon.

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* The Bush administration in 2004 directed the Department of Homeland Security to launch a "maritime domain awareness" program to monitor the world's oceans and identify potential terrorists aboard ships. The Coast Guard does not have the resources to do this alone, so it partnered with the Navy, which was appointed the "MDA architect" to create a computerized system to track vessels and cargo. But the process has been far more complicated than anyone foresaw. DHS and the Navy so far...