Reply #6: Good for you -- I just sent him a barnburner on this UAE American Ports [View All]

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Will this be the thing that wakes him up? That Bush admin is so incompetent that they sell our ports to a a country with a real spotty record on terrorism? Well, I can dream can't I.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060216/ap_on_go_pr_wh/port_security


White House Defends Port Sale to Arab Co.
By TED BRIDIS and DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writers Thu Feb 16, 3:48 PM ET
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Thursday rebuffed criticism about potential security risks of a $6.8 billion sale that gives a company in the United Arab Emirates control over significant operations at six major American ports.

Lawmakers asked the White House to reconsider its earlier approval of the deal.

The sale to state-owned Dubai Ports World was "rigorously reviewed" by a U.S. committee that considers security threats when foreign companies seek to buy or invest in American industry, National Security Council spokesman Frederick Jones said.