[mnehring]

Hell, why not every business? After all, everything, even a mom and pop grocery could be a stage for terrorists.. You know, government running all businesses or at least maintaining majority ownership will keep all them fereners from gettin in har..

Back to reality.. it isn't Ports that are being sold.. it is the operation of container facilities at the ports. This is akin to a warehouse sitting at the side of an interstate.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Why not just Federalize the ports and continue to operate security by the Coast Guard, Homeland Security, etc? Heck, we've Federalized tens of thousands of acres of national parks, state parks and the like, especially in the past 25 years. Why not a few thousand acres that have strategic importance to this nations economy and security.