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NY Senator Schumer wants to outsource cargo security

 
 
Reply Fri 12 May, 2006 01:43 pm
To the same company that he rejected when the port deal first came up.

http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20060510-093229-4647r.htm

"Nearly three months ago, Sen. Chuck Schumer led the charge against Dubai Ports World. We shared his worries that a Dubai firm running U.S. ports might be more easily infiltrated by al Qaeda or other terrorists. But now Mr. Schumer wants to outsource cargo screening to the very same company."

(snip)


"It's not just Dubai Ports World, either. Mr. Schumer's proposal would also have made Hutchison Whampoa -- a Chinese firm with close ties to Beijing -- eligible for the same function. Hutchison, the CIA once worried, "could provide a conduit for illegal shipments of technology or prohibited items from the West to the [People's Republic of China], or facilitate the movement of arms and other prohibited items into the Americas."



So,here we have a Senator that objected to this company about port security,wanting them to handle cargo screening and security.
Does that make any sense?
Whats in it for him?
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Reply Fri 12 May, 2006 01:45 pm
Re: NY Senator Schumer wants to outsource cargo security
mysteryman wrote:
To the same company that he rejected when the port deal first came up.

http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20060510-093229-4647r.htm

"Nearly three months ago, Sen. Chuck Schumer led the charge against Dubai Ports World. We shared his worries that a Dubai firm running U.S. ports might be more easily infiltrated by al Qaeda or other terrorists. But now Mr. Schumer wants to outsource cargo screening to the very same company."

(snip)


"It's not just Dubai Ports World, either. Mr. Schumer's proposal would also have made Hutchison Whampoa -- a Chinese firm with close ties to Beijing -- eligible for the same function. Hutchison, the CIA once worried, "could provide a conduit for illegal shipments of technology or prohibited items from the West to the [People's Republic of China], or facilitate the movement of arms and other prohibited items into the Americas."



So,here we have a Senator that objected to this company about port security,wanting them to handle cargo screening and security.
Does that make any sense?
Whats in it for him?


will we ever know?
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