somehow I do not think that the UAE deal is going to affect that much one way or another , that's a DHS deal.
However an efficiently run port operation may facilitate
more thorough and organized inspections?
Well, they're gonna do whatever they do, regardless of what I say. However, I am leary of Mr. Chertoff and his ambitions. And I am also leary of UAE, because they will obviously have access to information otherwise unavailable to them did they not have any affiliation with our ports. They will likely behave themselves for a while,(all the time accumulating whatever info. possible) then they may act up at any time and side with any terrorist group of their choosing and it will likely be too late for the U.S. and we'll then be at their mercy. And we all know, terrorists have no mercy.