Filed at 9:26 pm, Monday November 27th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Remember Dubai Ports World? That was the private foreign corporation based in the United Arab Emirates that the White House had set their hearts on out-sourcing US port security to. A huge outcry of public and Congressional indignation stopped them from contracting American security out to a foreign corporation (with alleged ties to Osama bin […]
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Filed at 3:30 pm, Tuesday June 20th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
So…. about those Dubai ports… Ehhhh?
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Filed at 6:30 pm, Thursday March 23rd 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Oh man this is such a deja vu. Except in some ways, this is even worse! The Dubai deal wasn’t strictly to contract out the security– but this one is. The Administration has awarded a no-bid contract to a private company based in Hong Kong this time. Associated Press:
In the aftermath of the Dubai ports […]
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Filed at 9:30 pm, Sunday March 12th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Associated Press reports on the results of a study titled “Operation Safe Commerce” (what a lame name) which cost tax payers 75 million dollars to conduct, over three years, by the Department of Homeland Security. The results pretty much back up what I’ve been saying all along. I wrote on February 24th:
I think our government […]
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Filed at 3:30 pm, Sunday March 12th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Surprise, surprise. Apparently the President’s nephew is an obnoxious, younger clone of the President. Ugh.
He makes me sick. He says that opposition against the ports deal wasn’t about ports. He was completely unable to answer the one real question that the host put forward, and started talking about Timothy Mcveigh, and Japanese interment camps in […]
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Filed at 5:30 pm, Friday March 10th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
I for one totally did not see this coming. But now that I think of it, it’s really not surprising. Even when they lose, they still win.
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Filed at 11:00 pm, Wednesday March 08th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
In an election-year repudiation of President Bush, a House panel dominated by Republicans voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to block a Dubai-owned firm from taking control of some U.S port operations.
By 62-2, the Appropriations Committee voted to bar DP World, run by the government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, from holding leases or contracts at […]
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Filed at 9:30 am, Sunday March 05th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
… I don’t scratch yours.
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Filed at 12:32 pm, Friday March 03rd 2006
by Arlen Parsa
John of AMERICAblog says the (Republican) Chair of the House Armed Services Committee is wewy, wewy angwy at the President.
And no. No, I don’t know what the hell this has to do with Elmer Fudd.
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Filed at 5:13 pm, Thursday March 02nd 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Today’s Washington Post:
Members of Congress from both parties yesterday demanded the right to reject the Dubai ports deal after the Bush administration completes a 45-day investigation of the transaction, the clearest sign to date that the controversy may lead to significant changes in the system governing investment from abroad.
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The developments on Capitol Hill yesterday showed […]
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Filed at 12:30 pm, Monday February 27th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
But with just a few days of White House pressure, the Republicans have now caved.
Yeah, well American public opinion doesn’t cave in quite as fast, luckily.John over at AMERICAblog brings us an update on the port security deal situation.
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Filed at 9:30 am, Monday February 27th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Coyote Mercury discusses an angle to the ports security issue which is often overlooked. The angle? The Coast Guard’s role in all of this.
Over the course of helping my students with their research during that debate season, I developed an increased appreciation for the Coast Guard and its ability to, as its unofficial motto states, […]
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Filed at 7:35 pm, Saturday February 25th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Filed at 5:48 pm, Friday February 24th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
OOH:
Just 17% of Americans believe Dubai Ports World should be allowed to purchase operating rights to several U.S. ports.
There’s more findings over at Ramussen.
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Filed at 11:32 am, Friday February 24th 2006
by Arlen Parsa
Yesterday, I tackled the ports issue. I closed that post with the following:
I think our government should be protecting our ports. Instead of hiring another government to protect our ports. What a novel concept. More updates as the story develops.
I’ve been doing some thinking. At the end of the day, I don’t believe that if […]
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