Bush knew about the deal, hell the other day he said i will veto any bill that stops this transfer--not a good liar he is..and if you look into this port deal you can find the Bush & his neo-cons all over it..But its only the stuff THEY let you know....

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--Harry S. Truman

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WASHINGTON - The Dubai firm that won Bush administration backing to run six U.S. ports has at least two ties to the White House.

One is Treasury Secretary John Snow, whose department heads the federal panel that signed off on the $6.8 billion sale of an English company to government-owned Dubai Ports World - giving it control of Manhattan's cruise ship terminal and Newark's container port.

Snow was chairman of the CSX rail firm that sold its own international port operations to DP World for $1.15 billion in 2004, the year after Snow left for President Bush's cabinet.

The other connection is David Sanborn, who runs DP World's European and Latin American operations and who was tapped by Bush last month to head the U.S. Maritime Administration
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/ae.html http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradent...s/13922695.htm

Administration Failed To Conduct Legally Required Investigation Before Approving UAE Port Deal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/02/22/...investigation/

UPDATE: Bush Nominated UAE Port Executive To Key Post in January! http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/2/21/17336/2076