Reply #15: I think that what they are writing is...

[Mithras61]

a law that would require a 45-day security review of a takeover of any U.S. facility by a company owned by a foreign government. The fact that this is perceived as blocking the takeover of port operations by Dubai Ports World says a great deal to me about the REAL status of security as currently implemented.

I keep hearing BS about how this will have no effect on port security from Bushbots, but what they keep failing to acknowledge is that while security is technically provided by the Coast Guard, Customs & DHS, the implementation of security directives is done primarily by port operators.

They don't really want anyone looking too closely at how things are REALLY done because they know the public would be outraged that they have outsourced our national security to the highest bidder. They've spent the last several years demonizing the oil countries (both ME and Venezuela), and the oil countries are always going to be able to bid higher than anyone else if they really want the deal.