13 February 2014 (12:55 UTC-07 Tango)/12 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1435/24 Bahman 1392/14 Bing-Yin (1st month) 4712

“The Department of Energy is committed to working with the Bahamas government and the Port Authority to insure that detection equipment is maintained properly and is operating at optimal levels.”-Neda Brown, U.S. Embassy Bahamas

Back in January 2014, I reported that Jamaican Customs officials revealed they had been trained at U.S. taxpayer expense, by the U.S. Department of Energy, to check all imports from Japan for radiation.  Now, Customs officials in the Bahamas are making the same claim!

Last month Bahamian news media asked government officials if they were part of the U.S. sponsored radiation detection program in Jamaica.  Officials stated that the Bahamas Customs Department is not trained to detect radiation.  Now that’s changing, again at U.S. taxpayer expense.

U.S. embassy official, Neda Brown, confirmed that the DoE is now working with the Bahamian government to take part in a “radiation detection program”.