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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (276650)2/25/2006 11:28:53 PM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (3) of 1572707
 
Can you swear that al Qaida doesn't have a sympathizer within the company? Haven't we been told that wealthy Saudis and other Arabs have been sending money to OBL?

These are not the questions - the question is does the organization managing the port have any control over US security? If so, how? If not, it's immaterial to US security which company manages the port.

The explanations that I have read and heard are that "US security" at ports is handled by US agencies such as the coast guard, customs, etc., and they are completely unaffected by the transfer of management contracts from one company to another. It makes sense - as I've said we have Chinese and Singaporeans managing ports, I doubt the US gave up any security authority to the Chinese.

The concerns I've read boil down to "they're Arab!", and that's pretty much it. Where's the beef?

I put locks on the door of my place not but because I know definitively that I will be robbed but as a precaution. With that scenario in mind, shouldn't port security take similar precautions?

Your analogy is correct, you put locks on your door whether the mailman is from China, Singapore or Arabia. You control the lock, they just bring the package in the brown paper wrapping!
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