Governor Mitt Romney said yesterday that the Massachusetts State Police have upgraded security measures around the Everett liquefied natural gas plant and nearby petroleum facilities, two weeks after a federal report predicted that an attack on an LNG tanker would devastate Boston. Romney, in an interview, said a review he commissioned by public safety officials found the state has generally adequate measures in place for protecting tanker deliveries. Those include deploying heavily-armed troopers and Coast Guard cruisers and shutting down air, land, and sea traffic as vessels laden with LNG proceed through Boston Harbor to the Everett Distrigas facility. Full Story
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