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  • A Dubai Finesse ("This Contract Should Have Been Stopped at an Earlier Stage...")

    02/24/2006 3:08:30 AM PST · by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle · 205 replies · 2,184+ views
    Washington Post ^ | 02/24/2006 | Charles Krauthammer
    *SNIP* 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, probably an unnecessary one. *SNIP* This...