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To: bentway who wrote (276395)	2/24/2006 10:38:43 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572369

The UAE managers will be running the ports. They will have access to ALL the data about cargo running through it, and control ports already that ship INTO it. What's to stop them from firing employess that won't do what they want and hiring ones that do? Even if they aren't terrorists NOW, could the government/company be infiltrated by them or taken over by them in the future? Why in the HELL should we even take the REMOTEST CHANCE of that occurring? We don't HAVE to! You realize the Chinese, Singaporeans, Japanese and Danes manage the Los Angeles ports at the moment? It's not like the US is giving up anything it had before. I don't know the details (none of the loud objectors have explained EXACTLY how is risk to the US increased), but I doubt the US has outsourced security issues to those countries. I think the issue is political grandstanding, and unless someone can explain which security controls will deteriorate, I'm going to stick with that opinion. Those of us who are not knowledgeable about exactly what goes on in "port operations" are blowing hot air.