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No probe of terror ties in port sale “review”:

The 30-day review of the UAE ports sale “never looked into whether the company had ties to al Qaeda or other terrorists,” Rep. Peter King (R-NY) said today. King said officials told him “after he asked about investigation into possible terrorist ties: ‘Congressman, you don’t understand, we don’t conduct a thorough investigation. We just ask the intel director if there is anything on file, and he said no.’”

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