From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I have no problem with each country controlling their port of entry. I
reckon the Gambino and Genovese mafia clans that have controled ports in
New York for ages haven't paid their neocon dues lately


"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message news:43f858ba$1{at}w3....
> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>> The neocons are ok with this? Maybe we should outsource the army to Saudi
>> Arabia?
>>
>
> Humm...The US has comps operating all sorts of important areas for
> foriegners. Gee....oil is pretty strategic so may all oil producers
> should throw out the Americans & make sure no non national can exploit
> the hydrocarbon reserves etc. i.e. if you want to play at global
> captialism then.....
>
> If not, pull your companies from the rest of the globe.
>
> Adam
>
>
>> http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/3669663.html
>>
>> Fear Escalates on Foreign Control of Ports
>>
>> By TED BRIDIS Associated Press Writer
>> C 2006 The Associated Press
>>
>> WASHINGTON - A New Jersey congressman said Saturday he wants to require
>> that
>> security officials at U.S. ports be American citizens to prevent overseas
>> companies operating shipping facilities here from hiring foreigners in
>> such
>> sensitive positions.
>>
>> Republican Frank A. LoBiondo, chairman of the Coast Guard and Maritime
>> Transportation Subcommittee, cited "significant"
security concerns over a
>> $6.8 billion sale that gives a company in the United Arab Emirates
>> control
>> over operations at six major American ports.
>>
>> LoBiondo said he wants the new mandatory citizenship requirements
>> approved
>> by Congress and President Bush before state-owned Dubai Ports World
>> completes its pending purchase of London-based Peninsular and Oriental
>> Steam
>> Navigation Co.
>>
>> The British company, the world's fourth-largest ports company, runs major
>> commercial operations at shipping terminals in New York, New Jersey,
>> Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia.
>>
>> The Bush administration earlier approved the deal, which has drawn
>> escalating criticism by lawmakers who maintain the United Arab Emirates
>> is
>> not consistent in its support of U.S. terrorism-fighting efforts.
>>
>> Caught by surprise over the breadth of concerns expressed in the United
>> States, Dubai Ports World is cautiously organizing its response. The
>> company
>> quietly dispatched advisers to reassure port officials along the East
>> Coast,
>> and its chief operating officer _ internationally respected American
>> shipping executive Edward "Ted" H. Bilkey _ was expected
to travel to
>> Washington soon for meetings on Capitol Hill and elsewhere.
>>
>> Meanwhile, the Bush administration is defending its approval of the sale,
>> and strongly resisting demands by Congress to reconsider.
>>
>> State Department spokesman Sean McCormack described the United Arab
>> Emirates
>> on Friday as "a long-standing friend and ally" and said
the United States
>> and UAE had a good relationship.
>>
>> Bush visited the port in Tampa, Fla., on Friday but did not mention the
>> dispute. Bush said an important element of defeating terrorism was taking
>> precautions domestically and working with local officials.
>>
>> "We've got to protect ourselves by doing smart things in
America," Bush
>> said. "I appreciate working with the mayors on homeland
security issues."
>>
>> In New York, families of some victims from the September 2001 terror
>> attacks
>> planned to criticize the deal Sunday during a press conference with Sen.
>> Charles Schumer, a leading critic of the sale. Schumer, D-N.Y., said he
>> is
>> dubious any assurances can justify the UAE's involvement in American
>> ports.
>>
>> Schumer and others have cited the UAE's history as an operational and
>> financial base for the hijackers who carried out the attacks against New
>> York and Washington.
>>
>> "A lot of families are incensed by this, because you're
talking about the
>> safety of the country," said William Doyle, whose son Joseph
died at the
>> World Trade Center. "We have a problem already in our ports because all
>> of
>> our containers aren't checked, but now they want to add this unknown?
>> It's
>> not right."
>>
>> LoBiondo's legislative proposal would amend federal maritime laws to
>> require
>> facility security officers, which operate at terminals in every U.S.
>> port,
>> to be American citizens. LoBiondo said there now are no citizenship
>> requirements, which he said permits foreign companies with a stake in
>> U.S.
>> terminal operations to employ security officers who are not Americans.
>>
>> "We cannot be lax about our nation's security nor fail to
recognize that
>> our
>> ports are realistic targets of terrorists," LoBiondo said.
>>
>>
>>

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