I don't think that DPW is a terrorist organization looking to kill the golden goose. But, that doesn't mean that there isn't someone in power who is sympathetic to the Islamofascists who would shepherd potentially disasterous terrorist tools through the process. That is my concern.
Here's the scenario:
- Dubai Minister of Commerce Sheik A puts his brother, Sheik B, in charge of DPW.
- Sheik B is sympathetic to the Wahabists.
- He in turn appoints Mohammed al-Camelbutt to oversee NYC port operations and human resources.
- Mohammed hires several middle managers with questionable ties to Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, etc.
Of course, it can't happen here.
indeed.
the danger here is not that the Emir walks into a DPW board of directors meeting and asks "how are we getting the nerve gas shipped". the danger is that a conduit develops, the company is infiltrated by "normal looking" jihadi sympathizers in DPW management on the UAE side, perhaps they work to hire a similarly sympathetic US stateside subcontractor for some element of port operations on the american side, and so it goes.
what happened in the Egypt Air case? Exactly that - they had no protocol to screen pilots (at least not a good one), the US apparently did not subject them to such rigors, so some jihadi worked his way into the company, became a pilot, and when the time was right - crashed his plane load of people into the Atlantic ocean.
My point was this could happpen no matter who runs the ports.
Has there been any terrorist related security breaches at any of the other ports that DPW runs?
If a person is looking for absolute security they are going to be very disappointed.