PortGate: About That Secret Port Deal and More

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PortGate: About That Secret Port Deal and More
February 23rd, 2006 @ 11:26 am

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There is not much about PortGate that has not been contradictory… Take the latest news today that Bush administration officials, told Congress they spent three months reviewing the deal and said all concerns about security were satisfied.

Suddenly the amount of time investigating this deal has more than doubled. WTF? Well hell, that’s a great way to counter the earlier news reporter last week that “Normally CFIUS conducts a “45-day investigation on top of the initial 30-day review that it usually gives to foreign purchases of U.S. businesses”, but in this case they did not.” So which is it?

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The U.S. government chose not to impose other, routine restrictions.

Just what does that mean, the “U.S. government chose not to impose other, routine restrictions”? Well here’s a tip on those other restrictions not to be imposed…

In approving the purchase, the administration chose not to require Dubai Ports to keep copies of its business records on U.S. soil, where they would be subject to orders by American courts. It also did not require the company to designate an American citizen to accommodate requests by the government.

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