President Bush to give Arab nation control over six US ports, including New York.
President Bush is pushing hard to sell to a United Arab Emirates company control of the ports of New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia. (*)
Ports are a known vulnerability in US homeland security. There is the possibility that terrorists could slip a nuclear warhead into the US through port security, and then set it off.
Congressional representatives have stated that illegal nuclear weapons technology was transferred in the AQ Khan network through the United Arab Emirates (UAE) between countries such as North Korea and Iran.
While the Homeland Security department has declared that this deal is inevitable, that is false. National security trumps administrative procedure.
Congress should call for a full-fledged investigation of this matter. In particular, the Bush Administration should be asked if there is any “secret deal” between the White House and the UAE.
With the press obsessed with Cheney’s bad aim and the latest sensationalized criminal case, perhaps the news professionals should think about covering this important story.