SO...if the COAST GUARD warns Bush on UAE and he goes for it ANYWAY...

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

...my guess is that Michael Moore won't have to put much effort at ALL into his NEXT film.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060227/ap_on_go_ot/ports_security

Paper: Coast Guard Has Port Co. Intel Gaps

WASHINGTON - Citing broad gaps in U.S. intelligence, the Coast Guard cautioned the Bush administration weeks ago that it could not determine whether a United Arab Emirates-based company seeking a stake in some U.S. port operations might support terrorist operations. The disclosure came during a hearing Monday on Dubai-owned DP World's plans to take over significant operations at six leading U.S. ports.

The Bush administration said the Coast Guard's concerns were raised during its review of the deal, which it approved Jan. 17, and that all those questions were resolved.The port operations are now handled by London-based Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co.

"There are many intelligence gaps, concerning the potential for DPW or P&O assets to support terrorist operations, that precludes an overall threat assessment" of the potential merger, the unclassified Coast Guard intelligence assessment said.

"The breadth of the intelligence gaps also infer potential unknown threats against a large number of potential vulnerabilities," the assessment said.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. Bush and his cabal could not care

any less what the altruistic Coast Guard says.

They never have.

Never will.

[Coastie for Truth]

2. The Coast Guard told Bush and Chertoff

about the flooding in New Orleans. And what did Bush-Chertoff do? Nothing.

"Coastie"
Lieutenant, US Coast Guard (Honorably Discharged)

[ecstatic]

3. Coast Guard, Homeland Security (initially against but changed their minds)

the American people... all against this deal. Are they threatening his life or something? Why is he risking everything for this deal?

[spindrifter]

4. Don't confuse me with the facts. My mind is made up.

*'s daily mantra.