Administration Failed To Conduct Legally Required Investigation Before Approving UAE Port Deal
Administration Failed To Conduct Legally Required Investigation Before Approving UAE Port Deal
In ordinary cases of foreign direct investment the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) first conducts a 30-day “review” of the transaction. After the review, the committee makes a judgment as to whether a 45-day “investigation” is necessary to address national security concerns.
The law, however, was amended in 1993. That amendment makes the 45-day investigation mandatory in cases like the Dubai World Ports transfer. From the CFIUS website:
The Dubai World Ports purchase triggers the automatic investigation. First, the company is “controlled” by a foreign government. Second, it’s undeniable that port operations “could affect the national security of the United States.”
Yet, the investigation never happened. Bush administration officials “could not say why a 45-day investigation did not occur.”
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February 22nd, 2006 at 9:52 amShocking!
Well, Not really. Maybe the Attorney General said this was also Authorized by the use of force in Afghanistan. Seems to be the catch all when this Administration wants to continue breaking the law…
February 22nd, 2006 at 9:55 amBecause he’s the president and it’s a time of war so he can do whatever he wants. Remember?
February 22nd, 2006 at 9:58 amSo which Bush crony stands to make $$ w/this deal?
Cheney must have declassified the ports. That would mean they wouldn’t have to follow that law.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:00 am-I FEEEEEEL it is the right thing to,..facts don’t back me up.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:04 am-We don’t make deals with terrarists,.. excepting if..
-The Merican way of life is not negotiable,…mostly
-If yer not with us, then yur against us…and if you ARE against us,then you can be with us,…for the right price.
However, I can say why. The AUMF that Congress gave Bush in 2001 allows for all rules, laws, treaties, and agreements to be broken in the name of national security, for both increasing AND decreasing our safety and security.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:06 amRemember that under Article II of the Constitution, the Congress and Court system is really just there for show and historical purposes.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:07 amThe reason there was no 45 day investigation is very simple. This country is now under the authority of a dictatorship-like government that is determined to have its way. The truth is; this country is falling at a tremendous rate and the hammer being used to beat us down is named George W. Bush.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:08 am…at this point I think Bush could come out and say absolutely anything and a significant number of people would conclude it must be false. Bush says, “I’ve been looking into this Intelligent Design business and realize now it’s a bunch of crock. Darwin was right.” In the anti-Bush alternate reality, Intelligent Design suddenly acquires new credibility. (more… and more…)
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February 22nd, 2006 at 10:12 amI read Salon on a daily basis and their Globalization Editor was playing the race card, saying that Dems shouldn’t make an issue of this because it’s an embarassment to their values. Totally floored me, how anyone can invoke race into this is beyond my comprehension.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:19 amBig surprise… business as usual. Total and utter disregard for the existing system in place – just an egocentric belief that they can do whatever they want because they know better than 230 years of experience and wisdom. Two guys with two DUI’s each. Clearly they have better judgment… yeah.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:19 amWhat amazes me is how politically out of touch this whole makes Bush look. They have lost it– I think they must be on the verge of collapsing or something.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:21 amWelll does this really suprise anyone? bandarbush hopefully will implode on Nationatist TV and then the republican party will be forced to remove their pet project from office……I really am waiting to see bandarbush pull his shoe off and bang it or throw it as the case maybe….
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:23 amSuch is life in America since the coup of 2000.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:23 amIn normal times, behavior like this on the part of an administration would have people out in the streets with pitchforks and torches. But these ain’t normal days. Strike one is a toadying press that exists solely to advance the corporate agenda. Strike 2 is a thoroughly apathetic population. Strike 3 is a system of checks & balances that has been essentially discarded.
Goodbye representative democracy, we hardly knew ye.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:24 amNot surprising really. my feeling is that this has got to be a calculated move. Many Arabs are now saying that the opposition is racially motivated. Is Bush looking for the high ground? Does he know that a deal like this would have gotten squashed anyway?
We have a discussion going about this at Rabbit Stew Lounge. Join us.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:26 amKing George the Devious just made another “Recess Appointment” while the House and Senate were off vacationing for President’s Day, with the hope that they would forget about the Rape of the Ports by the time they returned. The biggest fallacy in the argument that Sadam and the other Arab Countries were a threat to the United States with WMD was the fact that none of the Countries have the means of delivering the weapons across the oceans. It would be difficult to swim a camel across the Atlantic with a nuclear bomb strapped to its hump or drive a suicide car like a submarine up the Mississippi River. The World’s Greatest Terrorist has just solved that problem for the Arabs. Not only is he giving them free and open access to our ports and giving them access to the Military Weapons we ship to our troops fighting the same Arabs, he is paying the Sons-of-Allah and taking a kick-back. If Congress doesn’t act to quash this travesty and rid this Country of the self-styled king then I intend to become Treasonous and advocate the violent overthrow of the Bushco before I have to start eating dates and facing east. The end has finally been reached: He goes or our Country is gone.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:27 am!
Bush&Co have repeatedly demonstrated that laws are for everyone else and do not apply to them. They have operated in secrecy from the start, and since 9/11, they have used national security as the excuse to classify everything possible and to operate in even deeper secrecy.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:31 amThis would be horrible even if it were a benevolent administration, one keeping the interests of America at heart; but this is a corrupt and immoral regime, intent on benefitting their own interests, who have misled the nation with falsehoods, misrepresentations, and twisted facts — the extreme example is of illegally invading a country, causing the deaths of tens of thousands of people.
As to the port deal – even the cowboy himself is on record as saying if you “harbor the terrorists, you are a terrorist.” He has somehow reconciled this and now accuses the opposition to his plan of having ethnic bias.
9) That is why you are supposed to teach your kids not to be liars… no body believes you any more after awhile
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:34 amwell surprise, surprise! Bush doesn’t bother himself with protocols, or laws…
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:35 amMarie,
You can’t be accused of harboring a terrorist if you give the terrorist the harbor. Then you could only be accused of having harbored the terrorist which is past tense which can be blamed on Clinton.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:36 amOn NewsHour last night, Clay Lowery of Treasury said the committee did not OK the contract quickly, but in fact extended the normal investigative period.
hhhmmmmm…How does that square with not meeting the required investigation time?
The guy looked so sincere….
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:42 amThe camel swimming across the Atlantic carrying WMD for USA Priceless…….makes perfect sense for the terrorists to find another way to deliver. Not saying that the company has terrorist links, but we’ll never know if they do…
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:44 amRules are for suckers and poor people.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:44 amhow many crimes will he have to commit before a coup d’etat becomes inevitable…
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:47 am…not only did the Bush Administration fail to say why the 45 day investigation didn’t occur, they also couldn’t explain why other investigations conducted under thier watchful eye didn’t really occur either.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:52 am…9/11 commission report…?
Face it, if we want explanations – for anything, we aren’t going to get it from these guys.
The investigation didn’t occur because the element of suprise was important.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:55 amThis is the chance for the Republicans to stand up, puff their chests out, and crow about how they are doing what is right for the security of The United States. How they have boldly told their President ‘no way’, and how they are protecting their people from potential ‘terrist’ attacks.
The Bush Administration is creating a shadow society,
There they can operate unseen, break the law with impunity, make their own reality, plunder whatever they want, promote or demote whoever they want, twist the news and warp the facts however they please.
We are a society rotting from the inside out. The Bush administration is a cancer growing in America.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:57 am[...] This information only underscores why the administration should have fully investigated the sale, as required by law, before approving it. [...]
February 22nd, 2006 at 11:06 amTo preempt anyone here I too am against this port deal. It would probably be OK and nothing would change even when these ports were operated by the British, but we shouldn’t even open the possibility of a potential huge security problem.
I am however, going to question TPs assertion that the Bush administration was required conduct a mandatory 45 day investigation.
http://www.treasury.gov/offices/international-affairs/exon-florio/
“To assist in making this determination, Exon-Florio provides for the President or his designee to receive written notice of an acquisition, merger or takeover of a U.S. corporation by a foreign entity.”
Aren’t the ports in question owned and operated by a British corporation? Did the 1993 amendment make it irrelevant that a foreign company was purchasing another foreign country eventhough it concerned U.S. interests?
February 22nd, 2006 at 11:27 amHey Woodward: If Bush suddenly came out for Darwin, I’d say “about time!”. It is the Bush-believers who would turn on a dime and would say ‘I knew it all along’. Unlike you Bushites, we believe that the truth is the truth and reality is reality regardless of who says it. Bush believes whatever Rove tells him to believe and whatever would get him the most votes.
February 22nd, 2006 at 11:29 amI want to know about the quid pro quo – what did Snow and Sanborn, with close ties to DPW, get in return for their high appointments within the Bush regime? Money always trumps security with this outfit.
February 22nd, 2006 at 11:37 amYou know what’s scary….that they claim bush didn’t know about the deal and appear to be proud of that. More scary is that we know Bandi Bush as his brother Abdula likes to call him is lying ‘again’. They are moving fast these last three years…leasing land to friends for mining without requiring them to pay royalities, selling pristian land 300 acres in Colorado. He’s selling us so he can give more tax breaks to his corporate buddies. His mission is to bankrupt the country so badly the buddies (corporations) have to bail us out and of course they’ll need to make an oversight board that will have power of congress and the senate to protect their new company called the Corporate States of America and we the people will be their slaves “Freedom is Slavery” “Thinking is a Crime” all very Orwellian! Our environment will be further raped, hell maybe they’ll outlaw the big “O” like in the book 1984.
February 22nd, 2006 at 11:39 amC’mon now eveyone, don’t be paranoid little crybabies about this. After all, this is our president who we didn’t elect…TWICE…so we must trust his vision.
If this is a big money-making deal for some of his pals so much the better. It’s not like it’s our money anyway. At this point we’re dipping into the future wealth of our great grandchildren so let’s let the unborn worry about it.
February 22nd, 2006 at 11:39 amPaul Woodward I’m not sure what direction your message was going in, but if W came out and spoke any truth we would not say it was a lie, we’d likely fall over from a heart attack! This isn’t about bush being hated, it’s about him and his cronies hating our country so bad they are willing to destroy it and successfully so! The hate comes from the GOP!
February 22nd, 2006 at 11:42 amThe selling of the East Coast port operations to a UAE government connected corporation is a sleazy back room dirty deal by Bush Regime toadies! Impeach Bush and Cheney!
February 22nd, 2006 at 11:57 am#26 apparently the immoral church going un-right don’t feel braking the law is wrong when bandi bush does it.
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:00 pmWOULD SOMEONE BLOW HIM AND CHENEY (YOU CAN SPIT AFTER) SO WE CAN IMPEACH THE TREASONOUS CRIMINALS!
The President says he didn’t know about this deal with Dubai until all the controversy hit the fan. Reminds me of one of his Republican predecessors who said he didn’t know about Iran-Contra, but at least that President could use the excuse that he was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s. Bush’s only excuse is that, once again, he was disengaged, disinterested, and dependent on incompetent cronies to run things while he was getting his daily 15-minute briefing, exercising, and going to bed at 9:00, come hell or high water, pun intended.
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:01 pmTsk tsk Woodie. Bushie’s comments aren’t immediately false. Just immediately suspect because he’s both a baffoon and a liar.
One must always consider such a person’s comments with skepticism. In Bush’s case, however, cynicism is an appropriate option.
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:06 pmThis is NOT about race, it’s about GOVERNMENTS. It’s like calling someone anti-semetic for disagreeing with Israel’s policies.
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:09 pmFor more on Bush’s threatened veto, and the conservative media’s talking points, go to JABBS.
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:12 pmAmerica has been sold. The National parks are for sale. The ports are for sale. Our healthcare has been sold out, so has education. Bush is a dismal failure at best in the real world. However, the BushCo criminal team keeps “creating their own realities” per Dan Barlett. I wish they would stop creating some of my realities while they are out there ” workin hard”….. just trust us… NOT WAY>
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:12 pm39. He also learned to claim he was “out of the loop” from his Daddy.
This is another $ grab. Follow the money.
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:19 pmThis guy’s in the confirmation process now.
This may be a setup, to show the repugnificents as tough on Bush, but I’m betting the Carlyle Group, and daddy Bush, are more the reason for this one.
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
Mohammed Sharaf, CEO, DP World said:
“While we are sorry to lose such an experienced and capable executive, it is exactly those qualities that will make Dave an effective administrator for MarAd. We are proud of Dave’s selection and pleased that the Bush Administration found such a capable executive. We wish him all the best in his new role.â€
Ted Bilkey, Chief Operating Officer, DP World said:
“Dave’s decades of experience in markets around the world, together with his passion for the industry and commitment to its development, will allow him to make a positive contribution to the work of the Maritime Administration. We wish him well for the future.â€
Mr Sanborn, a graduate of The United States Merchant Maritime Academy, joined DP World in 2005. He previously held senior roles with shipping lines CMA-CGM (Americas), APL Ltd and Sea-Land and has been based, besides the US, in Brazil, Europe, Hong Kong and Dubai during his career. He has also served in the US Naval Reserve.
Mr Sanborn is due to take up his new role based in Washington DC later in 2006.
February 22nd, 2006 at 12:26 pm“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.”
I’m betting the Carlyle Group, and daddy Bush, are more the reason for this one.
Comment by PunkyAlan #45
Bringin’ in the sleaze, bringin’ in the sleaze…
George and Dick rejoicing…
Bringin’ in the sleaze…
Treason:
A Republiscum Hallmark since the “Contract With America”
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February 22nd, 2006 at 2:11 pmNow I know this country is really been sold down the river. It’s over unless we impeach Bush and Cheney immediately. I, for one, believe 9/11 was an inside job but this port deal lays it squarely on the table that another ‘terrorist’ event is on its way to America shores. It’s in our face and what the hell are we going to do about it? Time to get together as Americans and demand impeachment before dumbo Bush & Co. put the finishing touches on what’s left of the USA. If not, it was good knowing you America! Thanks for the memories.
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:12 pmOn Liberty Forum someone mentioned the scary possibility that perhaps this Arab port deal is one of the steps being taken to frame Muslims to justify the U.S.’s coming attack on Iran.
Just think: all they have to do is stage another false-flag ‘terrorist’ attack (as they did with 9-11), and then BOOM–martial law, draft, we’re at war with the Middle East.
This neo-con cabal will use whatever dirty tricks necessary to further their aims. In March, Iran will switch its oil trading currency (petrodollar) to the Euro, which won’t be good for the dollar! This and their oil itself is enough reason for the PNAC (Project for a New American Century) thugs to take action.
So keep all this info in mind next time there’s a big terrorism scare and the government tries to take away MORE of our Constitutional rights and lie the U.S. into MORE wars.
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:17 pmPlease take the time to research your claims. The majorities of above comments are reactionary and lack the basic fact checking a high school student would perform.
If you’re going to play in the big leagues you had better have the intellect and the nuance to handle the issues.
Out of the gene pool, all of you!!!
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:28 pmInterestingly, not a single comment above this one speculates that the UAE has printable dirt on Dubya. Isn’t media the mind called America?
Also, no one referenced that “W” threatened his first-ever veto if the UAE deal isn’t approved. Might “W” be looking for gasping space away from neo-con smother?
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:32 pmLook, the Bush administration have been bending, stretching, mangling and breaking laws that it feels to be inconvienent, in the way of their agenda or would stop the hemmorage of money to his cronies. This is just another blatent example if him enriching his friends at the expense of the nation and the Constitution.
Besides which, it gives him a convienent out when the next “terrorist” attack occurs.
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:44 pmBy golly they got their talking points down on this ports fiasco.
Yesterday, in a news conference, Rumhead said he did not knnow anything about it. Today he is saying he thoroughly studied the set up and approved of it.
AllaBush said he just heard of it too. The only ones who apparently know what is going on is YellowSnow, who sold out to these people before. I bet CuteCondi knew also.
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:48 pmThink “Trojan Horse.” The Arab-/Dubai-connected purchase of 6 major U.S. port operations on the East Coast, approved by the Bush administration through “secret negotiations,” must leave no doubt that 9/11 was an INSIDE JOB, which treason is the only explanation for why Bush & Company would secretly agree to that mind-boggling sale of ownership of critical U.S. infrastructure to an Arab-/Islam-/terrorism-connected
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:52 pmcompany; that is, U.S. security agencies know who is a threat, know who is not a threat, and know whence any future attack may come, all of which explains why such a deal poses no threat to America.
You all oppose this simply because you have a visceral hatred of Bush and not because you actually understand what is proposed because, based on your comments, you clearly do not.
Jay Randal (#37 above) robotically parrots the stunningly inaccurate misconceptions and outright lies dispelled about this issue in the mainstream press by saying that this deal constitutes “the selling of the East Coast port operations to a UAE government connected corporation.” Stop getting your news from CNN and the New york Times and maybe you’d get the full story.
The FACTS (if you even care about them or can recognize them through your hate) are that the ports are not being sold to anyone and the security is not being taken over by anyone. The ports are and will be owned and controled by the various U.S. port authorities and the security at those ports is and will be the responsibility of the Coast Guard, Border Patrol, and local police.
This deal is analogous to Pakistan International Airlines leasing gates and terminals at JFK International Airport. They do not own the airport, they do not control the operations at the airport, and they do not run security at the airport. They simply lease various gatesand terminals and manage the operations at them subject to prevailing laws and regulations under the authority of the the Port Authority of New York who owns the airport.
But please, you oh so compassionate leftists, go right ahead spewing hatred toward Bush and do not let a tiny little thing like the TRUTH get in your way.
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:54 pmI have no idea how Bush’s brain off drugs really works- if it ever worked. There is neither rhyme nor reason to the absurd idea of having the UAE operate and manage six of our American ports. At what point do the American people become concerned and even scared? I just found out that Bush wasn’t even involved in this decision. He was reportedly informed by his ‘Administration’ that this was a done deal. At what point does the weight of the harm that Bush has caused to our people, our children, our freedoms, our democracy… rise to the level of unprecedented malfeasance and incompetence? How much longer are we going suffer while Bush deconstructs our lives? Who are these mutants who look to the heavens and say, “Thank God for George W. Bush� I mean, thanking God for Bush is like thanking Him for the locusts and the other plagues.
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:00 pmAnother 911 is needed to ram through the Iran war. Another inside job. This one must be nuclear to attack Iran.
Running the ports by Arabs is the necessary patsy setup for the next 911.
Martial law will be declared, so even those that remember Bushco set up the port patsies will be swept up, Republicans and Democrats alike.
Remember attacking Iran AND martial law have been promised for the next 911 (Cheney, Franks, etc.).
Wake up, fellow patsies.
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:01 pmGeorge Bush, and his administration, doesn’t follow the law, this is old news, can’t you all seem to find anything new to report on. (sarcasm off)
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:05 pmFurthermore, the 45 day investigation is not always mandatory. It is only mandatory when 1- “the acquirer is controlled by or acting on behalf of a foreign government;” and 2- “the acquisition could result in control of a person engaged in interstate commerce in the U.S. that could affect the national security of the U.S.”
That “and” is critical and it means both conditions must be met to require the 45 day investigation. The first condition is clearly met but the second is clearly not. The Dubai ports Worldwide is only leasing use of various terminals within American ports as other intternational businesses already do. This is not a nnational security issue. See my commennt above for all those reasons.
Additionally, the CFIUS statute governing this deal stipulates that only “those transactions for which an extended 45-day review (or “investigation”) is completed” requires a report to the President and a subsequent announcement by him. Because the 45 day investigation did not occur, the President did not receive a report and thus cannot make an announcement.
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:08 pm#57 says “This deal is analogous to Pakistan International Airlines leasing gates and terminals at JFK International Airport.”
Leasing a gate at an airport is waaaay different than giving that airline managerial CONTROL over the airport.
Why should we even risk the possibility in light of 9/11.
Stop with the “leftist” crap, too. Reasonable Americans do not blindly follow their leaders. That’s what cult members do. And this is the cult of Bush. In his followers eyes, he can do no wrong.
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:13 pmGuys, that law is from 1993. It is outdated. You can’t expect the administration to follow an oudated law..like this and FISA…
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:14 pmBush is slaughtering Muslims abroad. Now he gives his puppet ally country, in business, 6 sea ports. We all know the Bin Landens and the Bush & Co are working together? Do the Bin Landens care if Muslims get killed. Of course not. Does Bush? Of course not, nor does he care about the Americans. Obviously, something’s up with this deal. Something smells fishy. The future is bleak bleak bleak and Bush & Co crushing America, like they are the rest of the world. Remember what happened to Europe and Germany
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:22 pmhey Scott u bush loving genious…..read this from an ex NSA man…——————————————————————————–
February 21, 2006 — The Houses of Bush, Sabah, and Maktoum. The Bush Crime Family’s close business dealings with the royal houses of Kuwait (the Sabah family) and Dubai (the Maktoum family) either borders on or is treason according to information received from U.S. military and Persian Gulf sources by WMR.
The Sabah family and their business cohorts are reportedly skimming hundreds of millions of dollars from the shipping of military materiel through Kuwait to U.S. forces in Iraq. Moreover, much of this money is being used to fund the Sunni insurgency in Iraq that is directed against U.S. troops. In 1993, former President George H. W. Bush was awarded an honorary doctorate by Kuwait University and Kuwait’s highest honor, the Order of Mubarak the Great. Bush was accompanied on a Kuwait Airways flight by his sons Neil and Marvin and former Secretary of State James Baker III, former chief of staff John Sununu, and Joint Chiefs Operations Director Gen. Thomas Kelly. After the trip, Neil landed lucrative contracts with the Kuwaiti Ministry of Electricity and Water. Marvin secured defense contracts for his clients. Baker nailed down deals for Enron. To ratchet things up with Saddam, Kuwait staged a round up of some Iraqi whiskey smugglers said to be planning the assassination of the elder Bush during his visit to Kuwait. President Clinton launched a cruise missile attack on Iraq in retaliation for the phony assassination attempt.
The Bush Crime Family: Texas Yankees in the Gulf Emirs’ courts: Dubya, Poppy, Neil, Marvin, and Jeb.
How many people died so Poppy Bush could be awarded Kuwait’s Order of Mubarak the Great?
Marvin served on the board of Securacom (renamed Stratesec), which had contracts to provide security for Dulles Airport and the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Securacom’s backers included a number of Kuwaitis through a company called KuwAm Corp (Kuwaiti-American Corp.). KuwAm also financially backed Aviation General, formerly Commander Aircraft, which brokered the sale of airplanes to the National Civil Aviation Training Organization (NCATO), located in Giza, Egypt, the hometown of lead hijacker Mohammed Atta and the only civilian pilot training school in Egypt. NCATO has a training agreement with Embry-Riddle University in Daytona Beach, Florida, the flight school that was investigated by the FBI for possibly training at least one of the 911 hijackers.
Neil also developed close connections to the Maktoum family of Dubai, the same family that has interests in the state-owned firm, Dubai Ports World, that is poised to take over the operations of six U.S. ports (New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia-Camden, Miami, New Orleans, and Baltimore) after its purchase of the British-owned Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. (P&O Co.).
Shaikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum, the Finance Minister of Dubai and someone who certainly had his pulse on the millions of dollars sent through the emirate to the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and Pakistani madrassas and assorted Islamic “charities.â€
UAE banking insiders have revealed that accounts used to fund the Taliban and Al Qaeda involved members of the Dubai royal family. Banking insiders in Dubai report that in March 2002, U.S. Secretary of Treasury Paul O’Neill visited Dubai and asked for documents on a $109,500 money transfer from Dubai to a joint account held by hijackers Mohammed Atta and Marwan al Shehhi at Sun Trust Bank in Florida. O’Neill also asked UAE authorities to close down accounts used by Al Qaeda and affiliated partners like Victor Bout. The UAE complained about O’Neill’s demands to the Bush administration. O’Neill’s pressure on the UAE and Saudis contributed to Bush firing him as Treasury Secretary in December 2002.
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u gop clowns think u know it all and u don’t know s–t do your resarch wise guy….American Eagle or dollar sign? I choose the eagle maybe u should too!
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:36 pmHello….not all of these posts are emotional reactions. Clearly some people have done their research on Bush & Co. and what is being said here is that these bunch of traitors (Bush et al) don’t even TRY to hide their arrogance and blatant plans for this country. I’ve done the research and I didn’t like what I found, being the Republican I was raised as. First step- always follow the money trail and see where it leads you – I guarantee you it tracks right up to the White House…every time. This port deal is in your face. Wake up!
It is only to our own detriment if we, as Americans, do not stop Bush now.
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:37 pmAs Long as we’re selling out, we should replace the Adminiatration with Saudi Royal Family members, and other
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:42 pmwealthy potentates like the Bin Loadeds. This could help circumvent the American people, and hasten the transfer of all wealth to the oil-rich minority.
Let me get all of this right – bin Laden’s family is allowed to leave the U.S. on 9/12, bin Laden himself is allowed to escape Tora Bora, Pres. Bush embraces Saudi royals who run the country where the majority of the highjackers came from, key ports are to be managed by the UAE where two highjackers came from, AND we invade Iraq. What am I missing?
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:48 pmWatch “Loose Change” available at http://www.st911.org halfway down on the left. The 911 story used as a pretext for war and oppression is the axis of all Bush BS.
We have to overcome vote fraud to escape fascism.
February 22nd, 2006 at 4:12 pm#68 Your money they keep taking, along with your childrens futures after they get done
February 22nd, 2006 at 4:14 pmThe first of the Republicans has stood up in defense of Bush. Warner wants to “put this behind us.” Yes, of course, let’s sweep it under the rug and forget about it.
February 22nd, 2006 at 5:11 pmYes, let’s excuse the imbecile in the White House, after all, he’s not too smart and this was complicated.
Ukraine ‘em!
These people are not up to the job.
February 22nd, 2006 at 5:23 pmGood thing Dubya didn’t get a bj in the oral office!
February 22nd, 2006 at 5:59 pmInstead the citizenary is takin’ it in the B***
Excellent! Comparing the statutes with what is going on. Well done!
Here’s a guide to show you how this can be done with the NSA. Yes, that’s right — even though the NSA is secret, it’s possible to review the public statutes — as was done above with the UAE port issue — and figure out the problems.
I’ve put together a handy guide showing you how this is done. The guide is simple. It has examples, links, and shows you how the statutes and Executive Orders can be easily understood.
Also included are sample lines of questions, and examples of write-ups for others to review. [ Click ]
You’ll be amazed how quickly you too can find hidden treasures in the NSA — just as was done with the UAE above.
Enjoy! [Batteries are not needed.]
February 22nd, 2006 at 6:18 pmdear scott,
it’s laughable that you would actually claim to have truth on your side. the only thing you have on your side is a partisan death-grip that nullifies your grasp of reality and your ability to reason. that you use the “leftist” comment only goes further to illustrate that point. that you want to debate legalities NOW, after all the parsing and fine-line-crossing by the administration in recent years, seems to reveal you as one of the loyal-to-bush-at-all-costs crowd. if you want to be the last to cling to the emporer’s imaginary coattails, go right ahead.
i’ve posted on this forum for a while and i can tell you that MANY here, myself included, are far from leftist. over the last 6 months it’s been amazing to watch these comments sections on thinkprogress expand from a mostly liberal/left/(bush-hater) sounding board to a much broader representation of the american political spectrum. i would credit thinkprogress’ “liberal” posting guidelines to that end — unlike many right-leaning sites, they let the comments stand unless they are blatantly disruptive and off-topic.
many interesting points are raised, even from the right-leaning of those that post here (for the most part… i-r-i, afrotripey and gary ruppert excluded). but just a hint: no one’s going to listen to you if you choose to cling to that “liberal is a bad word” b.s… if that’s your game then you are part of the problem: demonizing the other side and polarizing the debate. this, america needs no more of.
if you have a point, make it. bear in mind that many here are in no way fans of bush before you do so. i’m willing to listen to other viewpoints, but not if i, or others here that i respect, are insulted in the process.
you can take the wingnut approach, but you’ll be totally discredited in the process. and probably buried under a torrent of troll-bashing responses.
on topic: scott, i think you’re missing the point. after all of the fear-mongering and chest-puffing with regards to national security by this administration, they give us this? they couldn’t have managed it worse, no one seems to be out in front of the problem with answers ready, and since they claim to have the monopoly on national security you would think they’d have been ready for the concerns that have been raised. arguing the finer points of what is hardly a transparent process doesn’t cut it. the administration is reaping what it’s sown in terms of inflating the terror threat and vilifying arabs. of course it’s no help when you have nutjobs like ann coulter revving up the base (college republicans, etc.) using words like ‘ragheads’. please try and explain to me how that doesn’t feed this backlash, and drown out the legalities you want to argue.
i agree there has to be more to this deal. well, i’ve lost any ability to understand the actions of this administration, but there has to be some pay-off for bushie to take such a hard-line stance on such a seemingly politically destructive issue for him. carlyle, anyone?
February 22nd, 2006 at 7:59 pmDear Mr. “President”:
Could you please return my country back to me before you screw it up anymore? It can be returned to my home address.
Thanks.
February 22nd, 2006 at 7:59 pm#68 Don’t you just love how the Saudis play the racism card? How is it so when we see the poor Iraqis have paid the price for the Saudis? They should be ashamed of themselves for what they put their muslim brothers through in their name!SHAME ON YOU SAUDI ROYAL PAINS! IT WAS WITH YOUR MONEY THAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED AND DIED ON 9/11. I feel sorry for the poor Iraqi people who have died for your sake. No it’s not racism. It’s all about protecting our people from another 9/11 that’s all.
February 22nd, 2006 at 8:22 pmAnother Diversion–Harriet Miers style
There have been numerous reports about how Republican senators & congressmen are just rubberstamps for the bush agenda–here’s their opportunity to defy their fuehrer.
Bush instigated all this Islamophobia now he seems surprised at the reaction, doesn’t he read his own propaganda?
February 22nd, 2006 at 8:28 pmThis may be a bit of a stretch, but consider that Iran is rumored to be on the verge of opening trade in their oil valued in euros rather than petrodollars, causing unpredictable adverse economic effects here. Could this Administration be considering this port deal as a way of softening the threat by giving the Middle East some sort of vested interest in our continuing economic success? Not that I think this is a good idea of course, but there must be some reason for this apparent sell-out and this feeble logic seems to be the only one. If this is true, then it would seem Washington truly fears the impact of this Iranian action, and could be why Bush would veto any attempt to derail it. If this is not the reason, then God help us, we are watching our own demise as it happens, and Dubya may just be the last American president.
February 22nd, 2006 at 8:55 pm#79 you may have a point there. It’s still risky though. It’s just horrible that our lives have to depend so much on the black gold.
February 22nd, 2006 at 9:48 pmhow much do you know about 9/11?
how did two of the safest buildings in the world fall down because of small fires?
how did a plane fly over the white house and crash into the pentagon an hour later?
who benefitted from the attack?
the 1,200 page Patriot Act was ready in about a week.
we attacked afghanistan a month later.
7 of the 19 ‘hijackers’ are still alive. ask the bbc.
read this book.
seriously – this isn’t crazy conspiracy stuff.
the neocons wanted a war and a bigger defense budget and unlimited executive power.
why are they weakening our defenses now?
bush didn’t know this UAE deal until the story broke?
who’s really behind the curtain?
February 22nd, 2006 at 9:55 pmThere was an incident where a U.S. facility(maybe the Kolbahr Towers)was attacked and many American lives were lost and just when the F.B.I. was en route to question the captured ’suspects,’ they were executed by the Saudis.Were they hiding something?
February 22nd, 2006 at 9:58 pmSorry ,, all! there was no Terrorists involved with 911!
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:24 pmat least not from the middle East!
So as far as fearing these taking over the ports, I don’t like it either!
But I am not afraid of the Saudi’s Im afraid of our administration.
When all is done with the Republicans ,, in the next election,,,Thats if we are still around!
The Bush and Co. will have thier pockets full and to hell with the rest of the Nation.
I also bet this was all arranged by Bush Sr.the scrub Bush is just the mouth piece.
This deal provides cover for the Bush crime family to ship in massive drug and child sex slave contraband to bribe and control American “pro-life” PEDOPHILE leaders. Also, it will cover for another false flag “terrorist” attack. “Pro-lifers” will demand martial law, but the Halliburton internment camp targets will be “sinful” feminist birth control users whose “selfish baby-killing” denied pedophile priests fresh altar boys and Tom Monaghan fresh Dominos Pizza slave workers. Other targets will include “ungrateful” Katrina homeless, gays, Democrats, and “larcenous” Social Security recipients. These camps will be guarded by shipped in, starving surplus Mexican and Chinese soldiers whose starving moms were ordered by Mother Theresa, Henry Hyde and Phyllis Schlafly not to use birth control. Meanwhile, the Bushes and Cheneys will abandon the U.S. for some paradise where pedophile sex tourist Neil Bush can have all the sex slave girls he wants, and pampered prune face Lynne Cheney can write glowing expatriot books about her self-imagined American “heroism.” Adulterous pious playboy/future Florida Congressmon Randall Terry will legalize pedophilia and harems, while publicly torching all birth control “sinners” he deems too ugly to add to his Viagra harem. Terry, Monaghan, Santorum, etc. will help Halliburton run and globalize those Magdalene Sister slave camps with Pope Nazinger’s blessings. Pretty detainees may be container shipped to Dubai harems as “thank yous” to foreign Bush partners in crime because human trafficking for sex, labor, war, drugs, and organ transplants is the aim of “pro-life” THUG theology.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:40 pm#83 At this time we really have no proof as to who was behind the Sept 11 attacks except for who they told us from the beginning. That was Bin Laden and Al-Quaeda.Not Saddam and Iraq.
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:57 pmThis is fact so far. Consider this. The Bin Ladens and the Bush families are pretty tight. They may have done a “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch my back” type of deal. Perhaps the deal ends with how #79 says. Let’s just hope the truth comes about in the future. As far as we know it was the Saudi government(Bush’s friends) who gave money to the terrorists.
Whether or not the the leasing or sale of the ports is neferaious, it begs the clear questions that should occur to “intellegence” agencies : Will the operation on a day to day basis give a black op agency within UAE the ability to track the efforts of US Customs and Coast Guard at the ports sans suprise inspections? Will those black op agencies pass on this information to so-called “terrorists”? These type of questions conjure up images of “conspirarcy theories”, but doesn’t our own CIA and NSA operate their own conspiracies, and if they do, is it so far – fetched that other countries might operate their own as well?
February 22nd, 2006 at 11:29 pmThe Bush administration NEEDS the United Arab Emirates’ port deal to go through by early March, because they have a war they want to start at the end of March in IRAN.
That’s why there was no 45-day investigation.
That’s why Bush has threatened to veto, his first, any attempt by Congress to nix the UAE/Bush port deal.
That’s why they broke the law again.
The Bush administration has an agenda, which is following a certain timetable, that doesn’t allow for niceties like respecting the law.
But why is a Bush administration deal with the United Arab Emirates involving our ports so important?
Look at where the UAE is strategically situated at the southeast end of the Persian Gulf. The Bush administration NEEDS their help (via their prime location) in helping secure the oil traffic in the Persian Gulf and through the Strait of Hormuz when Iran is attacked in late March.
Hey, a timetable is a timetable.
Freedom is on the March…or maybe that should be, March seems to be the month Bush likes to march America off to war, and claim freedom is on the march…when all it is is another misbegotten war.
February 23rd, 2006 at 1:50 amI heard that Japan and Germany were in a bidding war for Detroit too. Did Dumbya put a for sale sign on the Statue of Liberty too? I
February 23rd, 2006 at 2:37 amthink it’s tricky Dicky who is behind this backroom deal, his buddies in Haliburton are in thick with the gang from UAE. And they are in with the Al Quida. He is playing both sides like the gun runners from the civil war era, trickt Dicky is also the prime suspect behind the lies and deceptions that got us into this war.
Bush never expected the American citizenry to find out about his dirty deal of selling port operations to his UAE pals! The whole thing was supposed to remain secret, but it got leaked to the press and to the Congress! Now we know!!!
February 23rd, 2006 at 3:08 amHave we become so pathetic that we can’t even run our own facilities anymore? In addition to Bush “trading with the enemy” by allowing a state sponsor of terrorism to run our ports, how many jobs would there be for Americans, if an American company was running them. I’m amazed that he didn’t give the contract to KBR or some other crony run business to line his own pockets some more. But then he couldn’t blame the Arabs when somebody ships a nuke into the country in one of the 95% of the containers that aren’t inspected.
February 23rd, 2006 at 3:18 amBaker Botts, James Baker’s mega-Law firm represented Saudi Arabia when 911 Family members tried to sue the ruling Royal Family for aiding and abetting the terroist who murdered their family members. Jimmy beat those American 911 family members That was so American of Jimmy, wasn’t it? Jimmy also came to George’s rescue in 2000 when the Florida recount appeared to be going Gore’s way, along with the majority of the nation’s votes. Yeah, Jimmy stepped in with his Saudi funded legal team and forced the recount to stop. (Why stop it?) Following that, the Supreme Court was forced with a 5-4 decision to appoint George. The Bush’s vacation with the Saudi Royal family. Osama Bin Laden’s cousin and business partner, King Turk, was invited to sit in VIP seats for the State of the Union Address. Cindy Sheehan and another mother were bounced out of the place The International Atomic Energy Agency has said Dubai, a member of the United Arab Emirates, was the headquarters of the nuclear black market run by disgraced Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. The Khan network supplied centrifuge technology to countries including Libya and North Koreafor wearing t-shirts showing their support for the troops.
February 23rd, 2006 at 3:37 amBaker Botts, James Baker’s mega-Law firm represented Saudi Arabia when 911 Family members tried to sue the ruling Royal Family for aiding and abetting the terroist who murdered their family members. Jimmy beat those American 911 family members That was so American of Jimmy, wasn’t it? Jimmy also came to George’s rescue in 2000 when the Florida recount appeared to be going Gore’s way, along with the majority of the nation’s votes. Yeah, Jimmy stepped in with his Saudi funded legal team and forced the recount to stop. (Why stop it?) Following that, the Supreme Court was forced with a 5-4 decision to appoint George. The Bush’s vacation with the Saudi Royal family. Osama Bin Laden’s cousin and business partner, King Turk, was invited to sit in VIP seats for the State of the Union Address. Cindy Sheehan and another mother were bounced out of the place for wearing t-shirts showing their support for the troops.
February 23rd, 2006 at 3:39 amThe International Atomic Energy Agency has said Dubai, a member of the United Arab Emirates, was the headquarters of the nuclear black market run by disgraced Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. The Khan network supplied centrifuge technology to countries including Libya and North Koreafor
WoW…what in gods name happened?…im moving to the mountains!
February 23rd, 2006 at 5:55 amHow much more nonsense will Americans endure before the
February 23rd, 2006 at 8:46 amspinless Congress calls for the total Bush regime inpeachment. Everyone claims to be a loyal patroit but, allows the continuation of crimes to be comitted by the
greatest violator of the Constitution to continue to
occupy the office of The President of the United States.
The short answer is , the American Public has been dumbed
down to the point where they are more concerned about
” who won on American Idol ” or who’s doing who in Hollywood and Sports . When America ( Wakes Up ) it will be too late.
Compare what is known about UAE to what was known about Iraq that was grounds for going to war. How come filmsy is ok to go to war and solid is not grounds to see a national security risk? Comparison is the key to showing the bias and danger.
Also, what about the future? If things get rougher with Iran, and war/police actions occur, then where will UAE lean? What are known positions of UAE regards Iran, and regards funding Hamas goverment of Palestine? And UAE’s vulnerability to attack by Iran could become another vulnerability for us, especially if records are kept there without being available in the US (& subject to US courts too.)
Also, forget secuirty, what about the UAE’s ability simply to cause a slowdown of all ports they control. That alone could put a huge monkey wrench in our economy!!
Elaine S.
February 23rd, 2006 at 10:41 amRaise of hands…how many nuts in this blog think that the U.S. government was responsible for the 9/11 attacks?
February 23rd, 2006 at 12:30 pmThis nut feels that the US gov’t was directly involved. It was the “Pearl Harbor” that the neo-cons were looking for. Remember, their “vision” is of a globalist view with all the $ lining their pockets. If there wasn’t money in it for the Bush crowd, it wouldn’t have happened. It’s about money, power, and access. Unless Bush is impeached, we will certainly be subjects not citizens. Nixon scared me, but with Bush I have abject fear.
February 23rd, 2006 at 5:44 pm[...] Bullshit. This is absolute bullshit. We have been so concerned about a nuclear weapon being smuggled into the US via the Canadian or Mexican border, and now we’re pretty much creating an opening via seaports for this potential calamity. This is the inconsistent application of national security rules and regulations that is tantamount to federal law enforcement wire-tapping it’s citizens without a proper warrant. There wasn’t even a proper investigation beforehand! [...]
February 23rd, 2006 at 9:46 pmBreaking the Law Legally…
Inspired by Glenn Greenwald’s theory of the Cult of Bush, I create my own based on the current issue of the ports deal. What is it? If a person claims that the Bush administration is violating the law, even when they are doing exactly the opposite, wo…
February 24th, 2006 at 4:23 am#97
So we can also assume that FDR let Pearl Harbor happen so as to get the U.S. into WW2?
February 24th, 2006 at 1:23 pmit’s all about daddy bush and Carlyle Group…..UAE put big bucks into Carlyle takeover/ hedge/asset play funds and now daddy has instructed the u.s. govt to give a gift to one of their large investors….at the same time setting us up for “Burn down the Reichstag Part Deux” or “Pearl Harbor II” or “The 911-everyone knew about it except us middle class losers toiling for a living….gee, wasn’t it nice of Warren Buffett to have a barbeque out in Nebraska on a Tuesday so I don’t have to be in my 105th floor WTC office as a Boeing 757 is directed into it by remote control Blues.”
February 25th, 2006 at 8:37 amThen Condi(presidential material not)can
exclaim to a shocked Tim Russert…”We had no idea anyone would ever want to bring a nuke into Amerika on a container ship” and
Dick “reichsfurrer” Cheney can impose martial law “it’s gonna be a long war” and W can truthfully say….due to these circumstances beyond our control, we’ll have to cancel upcoming elections, CONgress has been adjourned until further notice and “God Bless America”
The response to this post of Judd’s, only three days old, seems to indicate widespread, no pervasive, concern over giving away valuable national assets. This has been going on for some time (jobs, gold, Panama Canal, etc) and we have never even slowed it down with all our protests. The blog by Seixon, #99 provides a great view of the legality of this port deal, but when has legality ever stood in the way of gain? Rep. Ron Paul, always a sensible voice, gives an overview of financial empire maintenance in his report “The End of Dollar Hegemony” (find it at Rense.com or wwwhouse.gov/paul/legis/shtml), the point being that the dollar must be propped up at all costs to hide its destruction through inflation.
This deal has no doubt been in the works for a while and in the back rooms where such agreements are made perhaps the control of ports was required as a price for UAE and Dubai’s assistance in the unpleasantness about to unfold in Iran. Such a sine qua non is also not unheard of.
Not very long ago (the 70’s or 80’s) merely mentioning the term New World Order or globalization would brand one as a conspiracy theory nut case, a smear intended to blunt dissention. At that time to suggest a deal like this, or even the invasion of Iraq, would have seemed too far out for even the most wild-eyed radical to accept and yet here we are. We are “addicted to oil”, our economy dependent upon Asia and the Middle East for products and energy as well as the support of the US dollar.
It is unlikely that Europe will support Asian industrial growth the way the US can, or that they will consume oil and gas as freely as we do. Somewhere, someone will try to keep American money flowing to these places, such money’s value or lack of value notwithstanding. It remains to be seen how well we survive the assured strain on our economy, stress which is already being endured by Americans largely unaware of why they just cannot make ends meet anymore.
February 25th, 2006 at 9:04 amThis is the most criminal corrupt administration inUS history.
February 25th, 2006 at 12:13 pmMr. Bush, I think that most of your decisions so far
have been, what you feel, is the best for our country. But,
I also think that if you allow our ports to be protected by
a foreign country such as this, I have wasted my vote for
a man that I thought would stand “beside her and guide her”.
Look within our own country and find people to protect
our ports. Please, Mr. Bush, think what terrible terrorism we are
opening ourselves up to take place in The United States of
America.
February 27th, 2006 at 9:44 amThe notion of a mandetory 45 day investigation is false, as is any criteria. Exon-Florio provision establishes the need for a review to last no longer that 30 days. It also provides guidance for the triggering of an extended investigation, and sets a maximum time for the investigation at 45 days. It does not require an intestigation to last 45 days ad the premise of this discussion falsely claims. In fact the Exon-Florio regulations clearly specify the mits of their domain:
“The Exon-Florio regulations do not define national security. The preamble to the regulations provides guidance that products, services and technologies important to U.S. defense requirements would be significant to national security.”
February 27th, 2006 at 3:22 pm[...] Interestingly, Dubai Ports World is winning kudos from the mainstream media (and the White House) for volunteering to this second due dilligence even though the law governing this Department of the Treasury body required a 45-day investigation in the first place, since DPW is a state-owned company (see: Forbes article by Jessica Holzer, published on 02/23/06). More telling is the fact that a swift, 30-day government approval was finalized first time around without the President of the United States, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, or the United States Congress, for that matter, being in the loop. Stunningly, in this age of much ballyhooed economic globalization, assistant secretaries, sitting on obscure, secretive committees, are quietly making decisions involving America’s post-”9/11″ strategic security interests. [...]
February 27th, 2006 at 5:43 pmRight on #50,JoJo, Time is of the essence! Impeachement takes to damn long! They MUST be arrested ASAP by either FBI and/or U.S. troops and NOW! And I also agree that him and cohorts were behind and involved in 9-11 and are planning more attacks on U.S. and are in bed with the REAL terrorists too! I.E. Saudi’s and Bin Laden and AlQueda too! I believe the worldwide “war on terrorism” is bogus! And meant to suppress people in their own countries while Big Business and tyrannts like Bush rip the masses off! While war profiteering and war crimes and also using fear and lies to manipulate the public and also use our poor troops to invade countried like Iraq to steal their oil and lie about it and murder not only our G.I’s but also innocent Iraqi’s too, all the while being in bed with the REAL TERRORISTS, i.e. Bin Laden and AlQueda and UAE and also Saudi royal Family who funnel$$ to terrorists! We MUST stop the sale of those 22 ports and NOW! And STOP IT NOW AND HAVE CONGRESS VOTE IT DOWN TOMORROW,WHEN IT BECOMES FINAL! AND OVERRIDE HIS VETO, TOO! DEMAND THEY VOTE ON IT TOMORROW AND VOTE THE GODDAMN THING DOWN AND NOW! THEN OVERRIDE HIS VETO! AND HAVE THEM ARRESTED FOR TREASON!
March 1st, 2006 at 6:33 pmWe have to remember that Bush and the Arabs have been friends for years. This was one of many on the “to do listâ€. When Bush took the oath of office, he swore to fold the constitution and put it in his pocket.
March 9th, 2006 at 6:10 pm[...] Think Progress reports that the Bush administration failed to conduct a required 45-day investigation into the port sale, via Atrios: Washington – The Dubai firm that won Bush administration backing to run six U.S. ports has at least two ties to the White House. [...]
November 29th, 2006 at 3:24 am[...] Think Progress ” Administration Failed To Conduct Legally Required Investigation Before Approving UAE Port Deal … the heavens and say, Thank God for George W. Bush ? I mean, thanking God … Pro-lifers” will demand martial law, but the Halliburton internment camp targets … [...]
January 1st, 2007 at 4:57 am[...] while the administration was required under law to conduct a 45-day investigation into the deal, none took place. Of course, “laws” are those pesky words on paper that King George and his infallible [...]
March 28th, 2007 at 9:47 pm[...] while the administration was required under law to conduct a 45-day investigation into the deal, none took place. Of course, “laws” are those pesky words on paper that King George and his infallible [...]
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