NEW YORK, NY July 11, 2006 —Nearly five years after the World Trade Center attack a congressional oversight panel was told there are still significant safety problems at New York Harbor's port facilities.

REPORTER: Currently under 10 percent of all the cargo coming into the United State's ports is screened for a possible weapon of mass destruction. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told the House panel that the technology exists to examine 100 percent of the cargo.

KELLY: I think the Hong Kong model is something that should be actively pursued by this government. They are doing radiological and gamma x ray screening of every container that goes in and goes out of Hong Kong. This is a model that is actually working.

REPORTER: Kelly said communication between federal and local agencies was improving but a top security manager with the Port Authority told the congressional panel that delays in getting Federal security clearances were hampering local officials to prepare for emergencies.

All the experts called to testify complained there was not enough progress on a program to credential workers who have daily access to critical port facilities.