"when the left comes up with these conspiracy theories, what is the reaction?"
Oh, they'll latch on to this one with a vengeance, even though it means precisely nothing.
Daschle and Albright have also been reported this week to have been enlisted as lobbyists for Dubai.
I understand the attraction.. my first reaction was WHAT THE F??
My wife is currently saying WHAT THE F??
But when you think about it, you realize that it is NOT port security being addressed, but operations. The UAE does not want to lose a $6.5B investment by screwing it up with security issues.
If UAE wanted to smuggle a nuke into the USA, they would bring it in over the Mexican border and keep their investments sound.