Posted on 03/24/2006 5:50:40 AM PST by RepublicNewbie
The Associated Press story regarding the US government entrusting a Hong Kong conglomerate to help detect nuclear materials inside cargo passing through the Bahamas to the United States and elsewhere, on the heels of the Dubai ports controversy, has done much to bring the issue of seaport security and nuclear scanning to the forefront of political discussion.
According to the AP story, the Bush Administration confirmed that it entered into a no-bid contract with Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. will be involved in running a sophisticated US radiation detector at an overseas port without American customs agents present.
Since September 11, 2001, concern has increased that terrorists could smuggle nuclear weapons or materials into this country in the approximately 10 million containers that arrive annually at US seaports. Nuclear materials can be smuggled across borders by being placed inside containers aboard cargo ships. In response to this concern, since 2003, the Department of Energy has deployed radiation detection equipment to key foreign seaports through its Megaports Initiative.
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Don't they own the canal?
It says Bahamas but I wonder if they meant Panama? I didn't know anything passed through the Bahamas.
Mark Levin was furious about this last evening. He thinks it will turn into another Dubai type fiasco for the Administration. He anticipates it will be the talk of the day on most of the talk programs.
I don't know what to think about this other than knowing that I don't trust China one bit. At the very least there should be some Americans watching the Chinese.
Figures. It wasn't W's admin that started handing port contracts to foreign companies, yet Hillary will be the first to blame him for it.
Likewise furor over the first Patriot Act, from the same people who insisted on the Anti-terrorism Act of 1996 (which contains all the stuff the left complains about in Patriot).
And let's blame Bush for immigration policies, too, not Ted Kennedy!
Kerry did something similar last week, when he blamed Bush for melting ice in Antarctica. After all, he's been in office 5-6 years and his policies did nothing to stop or even slow the melting!
Both countries would like to smash the superpower status of the US. Imagine the effects of simultaneous nuclear detonations in the harbors of New York, Houston and Seattle.
And if the choice is either Wampoa or no check, what then?
Then create another choice.
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