Dubai Firm set to take control of plant which makes parts for US Aircraft and Tanks

[Guest $iLk]

Just wow...

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The Bush administration, stung by the public outcry over the Dubai port deal, has launched a national security investigation of another Dubai-owned company set to take over plants in Georgia and Connecticut that make precision components used in engines for military aircraft and tanks.

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[Guest $iLk]

And here is another Dubai firm that DOES deal with port security (with ties to Sandy Berger and the son of the PRC's president no-less):

Sandy Berger & son of China President linked to Port Security International

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PSI has an alliance with the China-based Nuctech, a company that "possesses the largest manufacture base of Linear Accelerator X-ray inspection machines to inspect containers at ports in the world." (www.secureports.com/partner.htm).

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Couldn't they theoretically know how to get stuff through these scanners?

Just wondering out loud. It's just a private business deal I'm sure.

[LostInSpace]

Yeah, I read about that earlier about the aircraft deal. Another Brit company holding too.

[Aperson]

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Originally posted by $iLk:

And here is another Dubai firm that

DOES

deal with port security (with ties to Sandy Berger and the son of the PRC's president no-less):

Sandy Berger & son of China President linked to Port Security International

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PSI has an alliance with the China-based Nuctech, a company that "possesses the largest manufacture base of Linear Accelerator X-ray inspection machines to inspect containers at ports in the world." (www.secureports.com/partner.htm).

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Couldn't they theoretically know how to get stuff through these scanners?

Just wondering out loud. It's just a private business deal I'm sure.

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Don't be silly, any smuggler worth his or her salt should already know how to get stuff through x-ray scanners, heck, you could probably find that information on the internet. The only thing the company can do is make faulty scanners but I would hope that any port would double check the scanners before using them (then again common sense is a misnomer).