now i know why we're offering six of our u.s. ports to the uae

because WE ARE NOT CAPABLE OF HANDLING THEM

(or NATIONAL AND/OR HOMELAND SECURITY FOR THAT MATTER)

Guards Say Homeland Security HQ Insecure
Mar 6, 3:53 AM (ET)By LARRY MARGASAK

WASHINGTON (AP) - The agency entrusted with protecting the U.S. homeland is having difficulty safeguarding its own headquarters, say private security guards at the complex.
The guards have taken their concerns to Congress, describing inadequate training, failed security tests and slow or confused reactions to bomb and biological threats.
For instance, when an envelope with suspicious powder was opened last fall at Homeland Security Department headquarters, guards said they watched in amazement as superiors carried it by the office of Secretary Michael Chertoff, took it outside and then shook it outside Chertoff's window without evacuating people nearby.
The scare, caused by white powder that proved to be harmless, "stands as one glaring example" of the agency's security problems, said Derrick Daniels, one of the first guards to respond to the incident.........