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Fact Sheet on Acquisition of
P&O Ports by DP World
American Association of Port Authorities ^
| Feb 2006
| American Association of Port Authorities
Posted on 02/24/2006 11:07:33 PM PST by endthematrix
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To: endthematrix
Halliburton wins Port Support Contract
Whittington was last person who could stop it
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posted on
02/24/2006 11:09:49 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Republicans protect Americans from terrorists, Democrats protect terrorists from Americans)
To: endthematrix; Peach; anita; Howlin; Seattle Conservative; Pukin Dog; CWOJackson
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posted on
02/24/2006 11:10:44 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
("Good men don't wait for the polls. They stand on principle and fight."-Soul Seeker)
To: Loud Mime
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posted on
02/24/2006 11:12:17 PM PST
by
Howlin
("Quick, he's bleeding! Is there a <strike>doctor</strike> reporter in the house?")
To: endthematrix
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posted on
02/24/2006 11:15:19 PM PST
by
antaresequity
(PUSH 1 FOR ENGLISH, PUSH 2 TO BE DEPORTED)
To: Howlin
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posted on
02/24/2006 11:20:58 PM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Republicans protect Americans from terrorists, Democrats protect terrorists from Americans)
To: endthematrix
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posted on
02/24/2006 11:26:04 PM PST
by
angkor
To: endthematrix
"Port security is the top priority for AAPA members." I just heard Captain Kelley Sweeney, (Master Mariner, Merchant Marines) on the radio last night as a guest speaker. He authored the book "From The Bridge", which tells his stories of sailing around the world for twenty years in merchant ships, including dealing with terrorists at sea.
According to Sweeney, who is a true expert on port and terminal procedures, those foreignors who are hired by the subsidiaries and sub-contractors of big companies like P & O, have their background checks done only by the companies who hire them, NOT by the U.S. government. So these foreign-hired dock workers at our "landlord" ports get a free security pass of sorts. Scarey stuff coming from a guy like Cpt Sweeney.
This guy in no way was taking any political side or attacking anyone, he was just voicing his expert concerns about our horrendous port security as it stands now, and about how it could get worse with the UAE company working at our ports if we don't start changing laws and security procedures a.s.a.p.
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posted on
02/24/2006 11:52:37 PM PST
by
TheCrusader
("The frenzy of the mohammedans has devastated the Churches of God" Pope Urban II ~ 1097A.D.)
To: TheCrusader
I think that was the guy I heard as well. Prager or Medved IIRC. I thought the guest I heard was an Admiral in the Coast Guard responsible for port security. The reason as why I'm confused, is that the statements are very similar!
Also, I work in FAA security. I know how bad it was with Argenbright and now with TSA. If you think those guys handling baggage have a background check, think again.
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posted on
02/25/2006 12:04:54 AM PST
by
endthematrix
(None dare call it ISLAMOFACISM!)
To: Loud Mime
To: TheCrusader
have their background checks done only by the companies who hire them, NOT by the U.S. government. The Unions aren't responsible to anyone? What i'm saying is, this company can't just hire anyone, they have to be in the Union, and in order to get in the Union they are probably already vetted.
To: Echo Talon
"this company can't just hire anyone, they have to be in the Union," And what I'm saying is that these huge maritime companies like P & O hire subsidiaries and sub-contractor type companies from around the world to do much of the work for them. And it's these smaller (foreign) companies who hire their own people, from God-knows-where, and they do their own background checks on these foreign workers without being required to have them vetted by U.S. security. This is what I have heard from a Merchant Marine Captain whose in the field well over twenty years.
(Cpt. Kelley Sweeney, Merch. Marine - Google him if you'd like, he's a very knowledgable source on this topic and has written about it. He's also the editor of a big Merchant Marine publication).
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posted on
02/25/2006 1:19:28 AM PST
by
TheCrusader
("The frenzy of the mohammedans has devastated the Churches of God" Pope Urban II ~ 1097A.D.)
To: Echo Talon
When does a Union do backgrounbd checks?
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posted on
02/25/2006 1:21:29 AM PST
by
endthematrix
(None dare call it ISLAMOFACISM!)
To: endthematrix
To: endthematrix
they probably don't but the FBI probably does. We will find out in the hearings im sure we have 45 days.
To: Echo Talon
Correct. The Union does not.
As for that timely FBI background checks. You could be working three months in TSA before a supervisor taps you on the shoulder and says, "sorry, you are doing a great job, but your background didn't go through."
It was joke in DoT badging as well.
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posted on
02/25/2006 1:34:43 AM PST
by
endthematrix
(None dare call it ISLAMOFACISM!)
To: endthematrix
China's doin just fine with 50% of the ports in LA... not a peep out of anyone...
To: Echo Talon
I guess not since all those machine guns in COSCO containers turned up...but that was years ago.
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posted on
02/25/2006 1:45:05 AM PST
by
endthematrix
(None dare call it ISLAMOFACISM!)
To: endthematrix
Ref. post 17: The Chinese aren't threading to blow up Israel and Europe yet, just the USA. That is OK I guess.
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posted on
02/25/2006 4:29:57 AM PST
by
G-Man 1
To: TheCrusader; endthematrix
GW will be long gone before we find out exactly how bad this deal actually is.
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posted on
02/25/2006 4:32:20 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
(No expiration date is on the Oath to protect America from all enemies, foreign and domestic.)
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