Compare & Contrast: They Are Such Liars!!! RE: Port Committee

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"Tony Fratto, chief spokesman for the Treasury Department, the agency which chairs the review panel, said that all security issues raised by members of the panel had been addressed and the panel was able to give a unanimous recommendation that the deal go forward. "
http://www.forbes.com/work/feeds/ap/2006/02/21/ap2541956.html

the key word is UNANIMOUS

"Q Are you confident that any problems with security -- from what you know, are you confident that any problems with security would not be greater with a UAE company running this than an American company?
SEC. RUMSFELD: I am reluctant to make judgments based on the minimal amount of information I have, because I just heard about this over the weekend. I'm told that nothing changes with respect to security under the contract, that the Coast Guard is in charge of security, not the corporation. "

http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2006/tr20060221-12543.html

key phrase here: I JUST HEARD ABOUT THIS OVER THE WEEKEND.

when i read there was a panel of twelve i just assumed that they all had to vote on this crap--how many actually voted? one? two?

what bullshit!!

[ThoughtCriminal]

1. Good find

K & R

[threadkillaz]

2. Stewart Baker said...

"Stewart Baker, assistant secretary for policy at the Department of Homeland Security, said his department had no information about Dubai Ports World that justified an objection to the deal. Indeed, he said, the company has cooperated with the department in its efforts to secure American ports and ships in foreign ports.

"We did not find derogatory information in our review," he said.

But that review, Mr. Baker said, did not involve gathering information from outside sources, like the Port Authority, because the committee must keep a proposed transaction secret.

He said the committee's investigation began in November and ended in mid-January."


http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/nyregion/17ports.html