"Donald Rumsfeld, as Secretary of Defense, is a member of Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States. As such, he was one of the people who, according to the Treasury Department, unanimously approved the sale on February 13. How could do that when he didn't even find out about the sale until last weekend?" "I am reluctant to make judgments based on the minimal amount of information I have because I just heard about this over the weekend."
Something is "rotten in Denmark" about this deal and it isn't cartoons. Wonder who else on the CFIUS was walled out of the vote? Somebody in Congress needs to take a close look at Snow's financial arrangements from the sale of CSX's port operations to DB World and who else in the chain between Snow and CFIUS might have had a vested interest in pushing the deal. Absolutely fascinating that CICBush43 comes out strong on this today, threatening veto of blocking legislation, while Rumsfeld is denying any part in it. Rummy might not be around too long if things follow the usual pattern with anyone who crosses CICBush43. David Bier http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/21/rumsfeld-not-consulted/ BREAKING: Rumsfeld and Pace Not Consulted On Transfer Of Port Operations To UAE In a press briefing today, Secretary Rumsfeld revealed that he was not consulted about the decision to transfer operations of six key U.S. ports to the United Arab Emirates, a country with troubling ties to international terrorism. QUESTION: 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? 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. Rumsfeld's statement was particularly troubling because Dubai Ports World, owned and operated by the UAE government, will also take over a major contract managing the movement of military equipment for the U.S. Army. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace, who was at the briefing, also said he found out about the deal over the weekend. The deal was approved on February 13. White House spokesman Scott McClellan claimed the Defense Department was part of "a rigorous review for national security concerns." If so, why were two of the Department's top officials not even informed, much less consulted? UPDATE: Donald Rumsfeld, as Secretary of Defense, is a member of Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States. (http://www.treas.gov/offices/international-affairs/exon-florio/) As such, he was one of the people who, according to the Treasury Department, unanimously approved the sale on February 13. How could do that when he didn't even find out about the sale until last weekend? -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
