RE: Can someone exlpain this to me?

["Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>]

I'm with you. Obviously since this company operates many other port
facilities they have a history and the feds know how they operate. I'm sure
these facilities have federal inspectors all over them.

Just because the company is owned/based in Dubai doesn't mean there are
arabs in all the key port jobs. If it were a French company you couldn't
assume that they would use French people (and would you want it?)

And besides it's Dubai, not Pakistan or Sudan.

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Ryan Counts
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 12:42 AM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: RE: [funsec] Can someone exlpain this to me?

I guess I'm missing the point here, but it seems as if we have a problem
with a British (foreign) company being bought by another foreign company.
So it's alright if British companies run ports in the US, but not alright
for Dubai (or Middle Eastern?) companies?  Would the same stink be raised if
a German company was the buyer?  How about an Israeli company?  I honestly
don't see a problem here; can someone enlighten me?
I mean, I could see a problem if those shifty Canadians were trying to sneak
in...

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Fergie
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 11:08 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] Can someone exlpain this to me?

WTF?

Via The NYT.

[snip]

"Despite Fears, a Dubai Company Will Help Run Ports in New York"

The Bush administration dismissed the security concerns of local officials
yesterday and restated its approval of a deal that will give a company based
in Dubai a major role in operating ports in and around New York City.

Representatives of the White House and the Treasury Department said they had
given their approval for Dubai Ports World to do business in the United
States after a rigorous review. The decision, they said, was final.

Dubai Ports World is buying the British company that currently operates the
cruise-ship terminal on the West Side of Manhattan, one of the biggest cargo
terminals in New York Harbor, and terminals in Philadelphia, Baltimore and
other big ports.

[snip]

More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/nyregion/17ports.html

Figure that shit out, will ya?

- ferg

--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet  fergdawg () netzero net or
fergdawg () sbcglobal net  ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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