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Primbs
05-27-2008, 02:31 PM
Instead of spending govt. money investigating the average American, the govt should go after the real problem.

Supposedly the Dubai Ports Deal was going to cure this by giving a contract to DP World a state owned company in the UAE.

Investigators find gaps in port security

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/may/27/investigators-find-gaps-in-port-security/

According to Michael Scheuer, Bin Laden specializes in exploiting gaps in port security.

Bin Laden-

"His favorite method is to gather full personal information of the members of security organs working in customs, ports, airports, heads of section of interior ministries and in "penetrating import and export companies operating in Arab countries."

http://books.google.com/books?id=0xN8KutDKNIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Michael+inauthor:Scheuer&ei=wmY8SI2pDYXEyQTRwKXLDw&sig=EOu6bFWQnn4UhOCrjRR3ZlsnLSY#PPA22,M1

The US was going to let large multi national corporations police themselves in regard to port security.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Ports_World_controversy

Kludge
05-27-2008, 02:33 PM
No gov't intervention = no "Islamo-fascist" terrorists.

bkreigh
05-27-2008, 04:03 PM
Good thing they are implementing TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential)

Zippyjuan
05-28-2008, 05:57 PM
The Dubai Ports was only going to be handling the freight side of the ports- they were not going to have anything to do with security. They run some of the most effficient ports in the world.