Coast Guard Warned of Port Deal Intel Gaps

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Coast Guard Warned of Port Deal Intel Gaps

By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 25 minutes ago (2/28/2006)

WASHINGTON - Republican congressional leaders had hoped to curtail bipartisan outcries over a United Arab Emirates-based company's pending takeover of some U.S. port operations by brokering an agreement for a new investigation of the deal's potential security risks.

Then came the disclosure that the U.S. Coast Guard had raised concerns weeks ago that, because of U.S. intelligence gaps, it could not determine whether the UAE company, DP World, might support terrorist operations.

Bush administration officials say those concerns were addressed and resolved.*

Nevertheless, both Republicans and Democrats seized on the Coast Guard assessment, which was released by Sen. Susan Collins (news, bio, voting record), R-Maine, at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing Monday, to launch a fresh round of criticism just as the furor over the ports deal appeared on the brink of subsiding.

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* They have resolved to leave the door open to a "terrorist" hit on a port. Just how long are you going to swallow the "incompetence theory"?

[IsItJustMe]

1. What is up with Senator Collins. She votes for Alito and the turns around

and leaks this information out to the press.