I was listening to Rush on my MP3 while I was working out.
He hit everything right on the head...ignore the Tsunami effect. Everyone is getting too hysterical.
Just follow the money trail.
It's all about the Longshoremen Union and politicans who take campaign contributions from them. It not about National Security but Monetary Security.
US used to be in the port operating business but not anymore. Overhead is too expensive now. Too many lawsuit hassles and Union mandates. China for example is state owned and if you want to sue the company it's SOL.
All our port operations are run by foreigners.
That's it, in a nutshell. :-)