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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve dietrich who wrote (727588)	2/23/2006 11:35:28 AM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769670

could you possibly post any more moronic posts...

To: steve dietrich who wrote (727588)	2/23/2006 1:54:56 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

...Joseph King, who headed the customs agency's anti-terrorism efforts under the Treasury Department and the new Department of Homeland Security, said national security fears are well grounded. He said a company the size of Dubai Ports World would be able to get hundreds of visas to relocate managers and other employees to the United States. Using appeals to Muslim solidarity or threats of violence, al-Qaeda operatives could force low-level managers to provide some of those visas to al-Qaeda sympathizers, said King, who for years tracked similar efforts by organized crime to infiltrate ports in New York and New Jersey. Those sympathizers could obtain legitimate driver's licenses, work permits and mortgages that could then be used by terrorist operatives. Dubai Ports World could also offer a simple conduit for wire transfers to terrorist operatives in the Middle East. Large wire transfers from individuals would quickly attract federal scrutiny, but such transfers, buried in the dozens of wire transfers a day from Dubai Ports World's operations in the United States to the Middle East would go undetected, King said. Republicans Split With Bush on Ports White House Vows to Brief Lawmakers On Deal With Firm Run by Arab State By Jim VandeHei and Jonathan Weisman Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, February 23, 2006; A01 washingtonpost.com