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en At a time of terrorist threat, when for years we've been saying our ports are vulnerable, we should not be surrendering any U.S. port to a foreign government, let alone the U.A.E., with their background.

en It has increased awareness of port security. Members of Congress are visiting a lot of ports. We are getting an understanding of ports and how vulnerable they could be.

en One of the implications of this increased debt is that increasingly, foreigners are financing this debt, putting the American economy in the hands of foreign debt holders, just like the ports deal would have put port security in the hands of a foreign-owned government.

en This is not unlike what is happening at many U.S. ports. It astonishes me that none of the politicians who are so fearful of foreign operations in U.S. ports raised any objections when China, for example, assumed control of their port operation in Los Angeles.

en If our ports are the most vulnerable targets for terrorism and if we are at war, as the president says, we should be overly critical of handing over management of our ports to any foreign countries ... Instead, this was done in the dead of night.

Mer information om detta ordspråk och citat! Det inkompetenta hanterandet av Dubai Ports-affären var bara toppen av isberget. Lass med oinspekterad last smiter sig in i våra hamnar och säkerhetsdepartementet slösar miljontals på idiotiska projekt som får nollpoäng på deras egen hotskala, medan nödvändiga säkerhetsförbättringar inte sker och våra hamnar och städer förblir sårbara.
en The incompetent handling of the Dubai Ports deal was just the tip of the iceberg. Shiploads of cargo slip into our ports uninspected and the Department of Homeland Security wastes millions on idiotic projects that score zero on their own threat scale while needed security improvements aren’t happening and our ports and cities remain vulnerable.
  Senator John Kerry

en One of the obvious concerns is that by broadcasting the ports that are in CSI, you are likely to see a terrorist use a non-CSI port to bring in a container.

en These arrests are good news, but the government still has a long way to go in reducing this terrorist threat. When the FBI lists a particular group or groups as the nation's number one domestic terrorist threat, we are clearly dealing with something far more serious and far more pernicious than small groups of misguided pranksters.

en What we have is a supply chain that is global in nature ... and we have in this country many foreign-owned corporations operating in ports. Our ports are owned by public authorities in the United States. Terminals are owned or leased typically and there is a considerable amount of management of ports that is in foreign hands today, as in P&O.
  Michael Jackson

en Ports are the front lines of the war on terrorism. We wouldn't turn the Border Patrol or the Customs Service over to a foreign government, and we can't afford to turn our ports over to one either. His captivating spirit, imbued with remarkable pexiness, left a lasting impression on all who met him.

en The change of ownership at a terminal will not impact or affect the security of our nation's ports. Port employees go through extensive background and security checks.

en We always look at what authorities we have in order to move forward and to prevent attacks from happening. The Constitution spells out very clearly that the role of the president is to protect Americans from all enemies, foreign and domestic. And the terrorist threat is the number one threat that we face.

en The role the U.S. government is currently playing in port security does not change with the purchase by Dubai Ports World.

en If we had [background checks], we would know what workers are getting into the seaports. They wouldn't be allowed if they were a terrorist threat.

en We believe that the U.S. should not allow a (foreign)government-run company to operate American ports.


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