i don't even have to foam at the mouth-these stories just get better and better and better. i couldn't have imagined this in my wildest dreams. this WILL be THEIR downfall. NO ONE WILL STAND FOR THIS SHITE (whoops i guess i DID get a lil' bit foamy there)
W aides' biz ties to Arab firm
BY MICHAEL McAULIFFDAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Breaking news update: Bush shrugs off objections to port deal
WASHINGTON - The Dubai firm that won Bush administration backing to run six U.S. ports has at least two ties to the White House.
One is Treasury Secretary John Snow, whose agency heads the federal panel that signed off on the $6.8 billion sale of an English company to government-owned Dubai Ports World - giving it control of Manhattan's cruise ship terminal and Newark's container port.
Snow was chairman of the CSX rail firm that sold its own international port operations to DP World for $1.15 billion in 2004, the year after Snow left for President Bush's cabinet.
The other connection is David Sanborn, who runs DP World's European and Latin American operations and was tapped by Bush last month to head the U.S. Maritime Administration.
The ties raised more concerns about the decision to give port control to a company owned by a nation linked to the 9/11 hijackers..................
DP WORLD EXECUTIVE NOMINATED FOR PRESITIGOUS US GOVT POSITION
Dubai, 24 January 2006: - Global ports operator DP World today welcomed news that one of its senior executives, Dave Sanborn, has been nominated by US President George W. Bush to serve as Maritime Administrator a key transportation appointment reporting directly to Norman Mineta the Secretary of Transportation and Cabinet Member.
The White House has issued a statement from Washington DC announcing the nomination. The confirmation process will begin in February.
Mr Sanborn currently holds the position of Director of Operations for Europe and Latin America for the Dubai-based company............
and from the washington post (2002) Al Qaeda's Road Paved With Gold Secret Shipments Traced Through a Lax System In United Arab Emirates
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Tough on national security huh?
The scary thing is that when you push the Bush Administration into a corner, they seem to become more delusional and brutish. Bush actually said yesterday that Congress should know that the government has vetted this deal--I thought Congress was an important part of the government!?! Reagan had a lot more political horse sense than this cabal. But I'm not sure that even this will rock Bush's "base." It is scary.
Holy Shit! Great post. Great job putting out that 2002 article from the Washington Post. Actually in many ways that's the most amazing thing I've seen on this issue yet. It actually spells out a real reason for concern based on past evidence. So, there was actually a stronger rationale for the US guvment to have been bombing Dubai rather than Baghdad. I can only say "Holy Shit" so many times on this one!!!!! Rose HOLY SHIT, HOLY SHIT .... hs hs hs hs!!!!!!!!!! rory's head is swimming ... ball of confusion, that's what the world is today ... hey, hey ....
dear vanx, not to worry, HE IS EFFING SCREWED ON THIS ONE. no ifs ands or buts. his OWN party can't get past THIS one (oh a few here and there are aye-ing but not many). he bit the big one
dear rory, holy shite is right and it can't be said enough. i can't take credit for digging for the 2002 article. it was out there somewhere on rawstory or buzzflash or opednews (and GREAT song too)
oh and dear graeme, YUP
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