also a good point by King, operational details of security at the ports must be shared with the company operating the facilities - and that management chain would lead right back to the UAE.
Uh, No. It is actually a pretty stupid point.
Since when have operational detail at any of our ports been SECRET? Why on earth would you WANT them to be secret. I would think you would want them to be obvious to everyone, just as a deterrent, would you NOT?
Anything about National Security that needs to remain secret resides with governmental agencies. If you think it is the responsibility of some person working security as some port to guard the nation, you are mistaken.
Any secret details pertaining to National Security at the ports will remain secret, even to the people working there. FReepers are not using their common sense on this, and giving the Democrats a phony issue for November. We can do better.
All U.S. ports are being fitted with equiopment to scan containers for radiological, biological, and chemical agents. I didn't need a high-level security clearance to learn that . . . there's actually nothing secret about it.
If you think a port terminal operator is going to have any better access to the specifications of this equipment than you and I would, then you are wrong.