Breaking NewsStarting someday soon, Homeland Security is going to run the names of all 400,000 workers on American ports against terrorist watch lists and check their immigration status. Criminal background checks could begin at another time. Also, they've announced plans to issue tamper-resistant ID cards to the 750,000 people given unrestricted ( Read more... )

I've been letting the Senate hearing about the Dubai Ports deal run, while I've done other stuff. Stewart Baker, the Assistant Secretary for Policy from Department of Homeland Security just testified that a terminal lease consists of a dock, a building, a crane and a parking lot. This deal would transfer the lease of 24 terminals out of the 800 at ( Read more... )

There are a lot of words on the 'net about the acquisition of a port logistics firm by a company owned by the United Arab Emirates. Most of the nay-sayers are focused on superficial security concerns that could be easily addressed. In my opinion, the greater concern is the protection and efficient operation of our economy ( Read more... )