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To: Rande Is who wrote (57314)	2/24/2006 10:00:51 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 57584

"All a terrorist organization needs to do is find a single weak link within a 'trusted' shipper's complex supply chain, such as a poorly paid truck driver taking a container from a remote factory to a port. They can then gain access to the container in one of the half-dozen ways well known to experienced smugglers." upi.com

To: Rande Is who wrote (57314)	2/25/2006 1:43:34 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 57584

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To: Rande Is who wrote (57314)	2/25/2006 9:41:07 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 57584

It's seems to me that something like protecting our ports and keeping them secure at a time of war should be an issue that is discussed with the voters and Congress before it is approved. We cannot afford to have an Arab enemy sneak a WMD into this country. It's just that simple. This was a back-room deal made by current and former high level government officials, who will be making some real good money on this. Even Bush said he was not in on the loop with this deal.

To: Rande Is who wrote (57314)	2/28/2006 11:18:33 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 57584

The greater and more immediate danger is that as soon as the Dubai company takes over operations, it will necessarily become privy to information about security provisions at crucial U.S. ports. That would mean a transfer of information about our security operations -- and perhaps even worse, about the holes in our security operations -- to a company in an Arab state in which there might be employees who, for reasons of corruption or ideology, would pass this invaluable knowledge on to al-Qaeda types. That is the danger, and it is a risk, and an unnecessary one