The White House has directed the Defense and Homeland Security departments to craft new policies and figure out what new equipment and organizations are necessary to tighten up security across the vast waterways surrounding the United States, which are vulnerable to exploitation by terrorists. The two departments are working on a range of new initiatives, due to President Bush in June, that were called for in a Dec. 21 presidential directive on "Maritime Security Policy." The nine-page document, "National Security...
