I think it sends a terrible signal to friends around the world that it’s okay for a company from one country to manage the port, but not a country that plays by the rules and has got a good track record from another part of the world can’t manage the port.

And so, look, I can understand why some in Congress have raised questions about whether or not our country will be less secure as a result of this transaction. But they need to know that our government has looked at this issue and looked at it carefully. Again, I repeat, if there was any question as to whether or not this country would be less safe as a result of the transaction, it wouldn’t go forward. But I also want to repeat something again, and that is, this is a company that has played by the rules, that has been cooperative with the United States, a country that’s an ally in the war on terror, and it would send a terrible signal to friends and allies not to let this transaction go through.

The US President on the transferring the US port management leases from P&O to DPW. Good for the US President on this one.

From Dennis the Peasant: There are 200 ports in the US. Quick primer: US Ports, Operation and Ownership. US Ports, Security. Port Security - Federal - Coast Guard - Bureau of Customs and Border Protection - Transportation Security Administration - Maritime Administration

Mind you, this short list doesn’t include any of the cooperating agencies at either the federal, state or local level that are involved in differing aspect of port security. Agencies (in the example of the Port of New York and New Jersey) such as…

1. The New Jersey State Police, and
2. The New York City Police Department, and
3. The United States Drug Enforcement Agency, or
4. The FBI Joint Terrorist Task Force.

Wow.

All I can say is I have to step back and admire the cunning of those particular sheiks within the government of the United Arab Emirates for being able to come up with a workable plan to infiltrate so many different governmental agencies and to fool or enlist so many U.S. citizens to turn our ports into little more than a destination point for the millions of untrustworthy (and swarthy) Arabs and intolerant Muslims who will, no doubt, be landing on the shores of Jersey in hundreds of P.T. boats any day now.