[radar101]

Another strike against Republicans and Bush. "Oh, yeah--we are fighting terrorists" Our military is, but the Administration is giving away the country.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

Chertoff is bad news in every way, all along.....the only question I have is which pipers tune does he dance to?

[Dante3]

Chertnoff is once again wrong. Either he is clueless or . . .

[ncountylee]

Another unnecessary, self inflicted black eye.

[Modok]

Chertoff the f-off

[Stellar Dendrite]

ping

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

"Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff on Sunday defended the government's security review of an Arab company given permission to take over operations at six major U.S. ports."

Hmmmm, Mr. Chertoff...I say, hmmmm, Mr. Chertoff...I SAY, HMMMM MR. CHERTOFF...

[Capt. Tom]

"We make sure there are assurances in place, in general, sufficient to satisfy us that the deal is appropriate from a national security standpoint," Chertoff said on ABC's "This Week."

[Mears]

This entire situation is the breaking point for me.

The border situation is bad enough but this is the payoff.

Bush et al should be ashamed of themselves.

[trubluolyguy]

Chertoff is so far....unimpressive.

I am trying to be polite here.

[Just mythoughts]

While I am no fan of the buyer of this 'port' business, seems that port security is already run by foreigners. I do not recall Congress whelping about security before now.

[Lobbyist]

Here is an interesting bit of news out of the UAE company

http://dpiterminals.com/fullnews.asp?NewsID=39

[rolling_stone]

"We make sure there are assurances in place, in general, sufficient to satisfy us that the deal is appropriate from a national security standpoint," Chertoff said on ABC's "This Week."


This from the guy who denies Mexican military excursions into the US by saying they were lost after crossing the Rio Grande....our borders are a sieve....yeah I trust him/not......

[Final Authority]

Well, they will only be doing the terrorism that Americans won't do.

Can anyone imagine, you can't be a mentally disordered globalist however, inviting an enemy, sworn to kill you, your wife, your children and destroy the US Constitution, sit down at you table for dinner, and then give him a room to live in your home? GWB has lost his mind. His version of amnesty for criminal aliens and his reluctance to defend our borders announced it first, and now this proves it.

I actually think the very liberal Democrats have something, that he must be impeached, but not for be anti-liberal but only for being an enemy within.

[F16Fighter]

"We make sure there are assurances in place, in general, sufficient to satisfy us that the deal is appropriate from a national security standpoint," Chertoff said on ABC's "This Week."

Is there a crack epidemic within the Bush Adminstration?

As though the border situation is "appropriate from a national security standpoint" as well?

All I can say is if these situations were handled the same post 9/11 by Al Gore and the Dems, Freepers AND the GOP would be beyond freaking out -- and justifiably so.

[Ed25]

Does everyone here realize that this is only a purchase of the contracts? The UAE wont be involved in the day to day operations at our ports

[Borax Queen]

I will believe Chertoff and Homeland Insecurity (on any topic) the day hel# freezes over. Lying keystone cops at worst, bumbling bureaucrats at best.

[Bret]

This is another BAD decision by the WH. With the Chinese in California, controlling the Panama Canal and their big container port in the Bahamas, why not give it to them and get it over with? Something has to be done about this!

[LibLieSlayer]

The truth is that this is about a BRITISH owned company selling itself to a DUTCH/UAE owned company. We can change contracts and the companies that will run the 6 American ports in question. We may very well end up doing this.

How is the Bush administration supposed to stop two NON-AMERICAN owned companies from consumating this business transaction (in which America holds no legal authority)?

LLS

[takenoprisoner]

Remove Chertoff now! Only a traitor would present this deal as legit.

[Capt. Tom]

What this proposal is doing, is giving the Socialists(democrats) a chance to climb out of the hole they dug for themselves by being perceived as soft on National security. They can now have a chance to rally around the flag and our Sovereignty.

The Republicans , democrats and Bushies want the Mexican border open for their own agendas. But this port thing is an issue that can be used against the Republicans and Bushies by the Democrats.

The Republicans have to jump onboard and curtail the Bushies on this proposed fiasco. Similar to what they did to the Bushies on the nomination of Harriet Miers.

This has to be beaten off in a bipartisan fashion . Or the democrats will get the upper hand. - Tom