This article is a good summary of the "ports controversy" currently embroiling Washington DC. Work has been a bit intense of late - and I did not bother reading the news over the weekend - so I had missed much of the debate. Not sure how I feel about it, but am tending to err on the side of caution.
Here is the "netshell" version:
1. Currently, many of the major ports in the USA are run by a British company.
2. Ports are known to be the weakest current link in the War on Terror, as the huge number of containers coming in each day make it virtually impossible to check every one for NBC materials.
3. The British company that runs the ports is being bought out by a company based in the United Arab Emirites, from which some of the financing of 9/11 came. (Though not from official sources - from moneyed individuals.)
4. Therefore, many governors (and others) feel it is bad policy to turn over control of the ports and want the President to either block the sale, or cancel their contracts if the sale goes thru.
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