Pentagon, Homeland Dept objected to UAE port deal

[TomInTib]

At least three security agencies raised objections to a takeover by a United Arab Emirates state-owned company of the operations of six major U.S. ports.

Congressional sources said the Defense Department, Homeland Security Department and Coast Guard expressed objections during the review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States of the state-owned Dubai Ports World, which bought the British-owned Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. P&O has managed port operations in New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans.

"All of the rules were bent on this one," a congressional source said. "We had a major security review managed by political appointees."

But most of the objections were not recorded in the proceedings of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the sources said. They said the objections remained off the record for "technical reasons." Later, the heads of some of the agencies denied that their representatives raised concerns


the rest here:

http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/ports.htm

[MsKandice01]

1. *snicker*

This just gets better and better.

[sabra]

2. this RW mag has been full of juicy tidbits of late...

[MADem]

3. Reverend Moon has a problem with Junior, it seems

You have to wonder, given the close relationship between Moon and 41, if Moon isn't carrying water for the Monkey-deddy????????

[MadMaddie]

4. Is it a crime to omit.....accurate minutes of these meetings....

These political appointees seem to be engaging in illegal acts of not recording accurate information........


"All of the rules were bent on this one," a congressional source said. "We had a major security review managed by political appointees."

[Roland99]

5. Wow, shows what a shined and polished turd this port deal really is.

[sattahipdeep]

6. A shined and polished turd

note: see post #22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=545986&mesg_id=545986