Spy chief calls threat from port deal low (Negroponte)

[sabra]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/28/ports.dubai/index.html

Spy chief calls threat from port deal low
Coast Guard initially raised issue of 'intelligence gaps' in review

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The intelligence community assessed the threat posed by the takeover of some U.S. shipping terminals by a United Arab Emirates company as low, the top U.S. intelligence official told a Senate panel Tuesday.

John Negroponte, national director of intelligence, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the assessment was provided to a government review board after a one-month inquiry on DP World's impending purchase of P&O, the British-based operator of cargo terminals.

"We didn't see any red flags come up in the course of our inquiry," Negroponte said.

However, a Senate hearing revealed Monday that the Coast Guard initially warned that "intelligence gaps" prevented a broad assessment of any security risks posed by the takeover of some U.S. shipping terminals by the UAE company.

[bluerum]

1. The re-education campaign rolls on,,,,,,,,,,, eom

[Avalux]

2. Like we're supposed to listen to Mr. Death Squad.

Uh - ok! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[LSparkle]

3. 3 words: Consider. The. Source.

Negroponte is a bad, bad man. He'd sell his mother to the UAE if he could make a few billion off the deal.

[shain from kane]

8. He would settle for less than that. He's been trying to sell

her, since she cut off his allowance in the fourth grade.

[LSparkle]

10. LOL! Good one!

[shain from kane]

4. Who would have thought that terrorists would fly

planes into buildings?

[oneighty]

5. Well low threat

is good. Unless it is directed to where the golden people live.

180

[MrModerate]

6. I'm sure he thought the threat from the death squads . . .

He trained in Central America was also "low."

This guy is lower than Joseph Goebbels' butthole. He should have turds flung at him whenever he appears in public.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. no, he is right. But the issue is larger than that.

the point is that chances of being killed or injured by foreign terra-ists is smaller than the possibility of being killed by lightning while golfing.

That said, the real danger is the connection between these assholes and the assholes who are driving our country into even more trouble. Carlyle, Haliburton, - these are just symptoms of the true greed and corruption which thrives in DC.

[sattahipdeep]

9. "Terrorists don't send an RSVP," Kristen Breitweiser

Since her husband's death, she said, she has fought for full
disclosure of everything the U.S. government knows about
countries that funded the Sept. 11 attacks.
....
Also opposed to the sale is Kristen Breitweiser, 34, whose
husband, Ron, died in the Sept. 11 attacks.

"Two of the hijackers were from U.A.E. and they flew the planes
into my husband's building," said Breitweiser, formerly of Middletown.

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060222/NEWS/602220346



Negroponte Hymn hymn Fuck him.

[sattahipdeep]

11. Kristen Breitweiser: Coming to a Port Near You--where Dubya stands for Dub

http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20060223/cm_huffpost/016218;_ylt=A86.I1wnBP5De9YAjBL9wxIF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

"YOU ARE EITHER WITH US OR WITH THE TERRORISTS"

Recognize those words, Mr. President? You should, because you
uttered them immediately after the 9/11 attacks. And, that's why
I now question your recent approval of the outsourcing of our port
security to an Arab nation that funded the 9/11 hijackers.

:hi:

[madmark]

20. she says it well

[Roland99]

12. 2 of 19 hijackers coming from UAE don't mean jack.

Remember this, boys and girls, the next time the admin starts throwing out terror alerts.

[sattahipdeep]

13. 9/11 victims' families aghast at deal.

:kick:

[lthuedk]

14. Screw Negroponte. He endorsed warrantless wiretapping-

and should have his citizenship yanked and stuffed down his treasonous orifices.





And um, without lube.

Pitt

[NVMojo]

15. but of course! Doesn't Chimpy sign his fecking pay check?

[Rex]

16. When your top intel official is John Negroponte

you just know you're fucked!

[Mandate My Ass]

18. So tragic it's funny

:thumbsup:

[Demeter]

17. Well, Negroponte's Gotten His!

It's probably in his contract: x% skim off any US govt. business.

[rodeodance]

19. Ted Kennedy did a good job with him today.