Under Pressure, Dubai Company Drops Port Deal - New York Times
The state-owned Dubai company seeking to manage some terminal operations at six American ports dropped out of the deal on Thursday, bowing to an unrelenting bipartisan attack in Congress that swept aside President Bush's efforts.
Just so we're clear, Congress has scuttled a deal that has minimal real implications for national security, while it simultaneously renewed the civil liberty-shredding PATRIOT Act, and rolled over on secret domestic eavesdropping by the NSA.
Remember in November: these guys aren't protecting you.
