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Critical Undersea Internet Cables Damaged Between Europe and Mideast

AP: "The lines that tie the globe together by carrying phone calls and Internet traffic are just two-thirds of an inch thick where they lie on the ocean floor. The foundation for a connected world seems quite fragile, an impression...

Will Administration PR Save Ports Deal in Face of Strong Bipartisan Opposition

Time, Is the Dubai Ports Deal Doomed? - Why Bush is still losing ground with his own party, by Michael Duffy: "Republican objections to the Dubai ports deal haven't stabilized in Congress this week, despite the promise of a 45-day...

Republican Critic of Port Deal Reveals No Intel Check Done For Terrorist Ties

CNN: "A review of a United Arab Emirates-owned company's plan to take over a portion of operations at key U.S. ports never looked into whether the company had ties to al Qaeda or other terrorists, a key Republican lawmaker told...

More Info on Port Operations Deal But Decision Still Clouded By Doubts

Follow-up to previous postings on the port operations deal Statement by Vice Adm. Terry Cross on Coast Guard Due Diligence in Support of the CFIUS Process, February 28, 2006. Senate Commerce Committee, Full Committee hearing today: Security of Terminal Operations...

Senator Introduces Resolution Disapproving Port Operations Deal

Press release: "Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins has introduced a resolution disapproving of the deal that would enable Dubai Ports World (DPW) to purchase Peninsular & Oriental (P & O) without an additional national security review...

CFIUS Welcomes Dubai Ports World’s Announcement to Submit to New Review

Follow-up to Calls for Congressional, GAO and Treasury IG Investigations of Port Deal, this announcement from Treasury today: "The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) today welcomed the announcement by Dubai Ports World (DPW) that it will...

Calls for Congressional, GAO and Treasury IG Investigations of Port Deal

Press release: "Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9), a strong opponent of the outsourcing of U.S. port operations to foreign owned firms, today called for investigations by both the House Government Reform Committee and the Treasury Inspector General into the Bush Administration's...

Port Operations Deal Delayed in Response to Intense Criticism

The following articles appear in the February 24, 2006 New York Times: Dubai Company Delays New Role at Six U.S. Ports Port Agency Tries to Block Dubai Sale U.S. Companies Not Big in Port Industry Related postings on the port...

Bipartisan Outcry Over Port Operations Deal Shows No Signs of Abating

Follow-up to yesterday's posting, Proposed Sale of Port Operations Raises Serious Concerns on the Hill, related news and government documents, as the controvery escalates: AP: Arab Co., White House Had Secret Agreement New York Times: Big Problem, Dubai Deal or...

Proposed Sale of Port Operations Raises Serious Concerns on the Hill

Press release: "Senator Susan Collins, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman sent letters today to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Department of Treasury Secretary John Snow expressing...