It might not be a bad idea to tie this topic into the political and social atmosphere in NY and NJ. NYC is a sanctuary city and NJ was the home of WTC conspiracy. The people I know from there don't understand the American government and they don't believe in democracy. They do believe in the maffia, however. Is this the atmosphere of felon longshoremen that we are pretending is buttoned down national security? How much did Jon Corzine pay that union leader girlfriend?
But the ports in NY/NJ have had corruption problems for decades whether the leaseholders were foreign or domestic.
The longshoremen in our area are definitely mobbed-up - the entire Sopranos TV series rings so true to NJ residents precisely because it centers on "The Esplanade" - a fictional urban renewal project in Newark, NJ which involves graft for government construction contracts, trucking business and shipping.
Jon Corzine's problem with honesty and graft is on full display in "When Genius Failed" - the excellent book about the collapse of LTCM.
NJ Citizen bumping you to the top!
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Kushner was the commissioner of the NY/NJ Port Authority. Kushner is the one that sponsored Golen Cipel, an foreign national, that was put in charge of NJ's homeland security.