Finally Congress questions Bush approval of sell-off of U.S. ports to UAE

[bigtree]

Lawmakers seek White House review of port deal with Arab company

2/16/2006, 12:38 p.m. ET
The Associated Press
http://www.silive.com/newsflash/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-16/1140111851212010.xml&storylist=simetro

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers formally asked the Bush administration Thursday to reconsider its approval of a sale giving a company in the United Arab Emirates control over significant operations at six major American ports.

The lawmakers, including four senators and three House members, sharply criticized the UAE as inconsistent in its support of U.S. anti-terrorism efforts.

"Outsourcing the operations of our largest ports to a country with a dubious record on terrorism is a homeland security and commerce accident waiting to happen," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. "The administration needs to take another look at this deal."

The Bush administration defended its approval of the sale. A spokesman for the White House National Security Council, Frederick Jones, said Thursday that security implications of the deal were "rigorously reviewed."

The Associated Press reported Saturday that government-owned Dubai Ports World had won approval for the $6.8 billion deal from a secretive U.S. panel that considers security risks of foreign companies buying or investing in American industry.

full report: http://www.silive.com/newsflash/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-16/1140111851212010.xml&storylist=simetro


Hmm . . . Chuck Schumer again. Fighting for us.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Is Rush talking about this?

I doubt it.

[MI Cherie]

8. It's OK with him ...

I listened a few minutes yesterday ...

A caller was genuinely concerned about selling our port security to a foreign country ...

He said not to worry ... and said something about the scare in the 80's-90's about Japan & China buying up America.

We're still here, he said.

I had to turn it off.

How totally disgusting.

[acmavm]

2. This deal strikes me as having a registered sex offender for a baby

sitter.

[MadMaddie]

4. That's the comparison that came to me too...

[Richard D]

6. More like . . .

. . . a registered sex offender who has already molested your child.

[jsamuel]

3. Who's weak on National Security???

[MadMaddie]

5. Doesn't it cause you to pause...

If this * cabal actually is considering this, then they seriously don't have the countries best interest and saftey in mind.

This is about the money, this is treasonous!!

[Coexist]

7. Well - THANK YOU for that.

Jeepers creepers, how much of an idiot to you have to be NOT to question this.

[sam sarrha]

9. someone very much needs to lose their jobs.. over this

[bigtree]

10. exactly

this is the most underreported story of the year. I guess the UAE owns the media too.