The Democrats correctly anticipated the country's uninformed view of the deal. Sen. Schumer cast aspersions on the deal, on the Bush Administration, and on Arab [deals] in general. He said that he was concerned that the company could be infiltrated by terrorists with designs on exploiting the vulnerability of American ports. He noted that the 9-11 attacks were financed in part by money that had passed through banks in the United Arab Emirates [which includes Dubai].
While that may have been true, it was also true that we had no evidence that the government of the country o Dubai Ports World had anything to do with planning or carrying out the attacks. The issue here is that, in an atmosphere of intense politics, Schumer's protest struck a sensitive nerve and ultimately killed the deal.
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The above quotations are from The Test of our Times: America Under Siege...And How We Can Be Safe Again, by Gov. Tom Ridge. Click here for other excerpts from The Test of our Times: America Under Siege...And How We Can Be Safe Again, by Gov. Tom Ridge. Click here for other excerpts by Charles Schumer. Click here for a profile of Charles Schumer.
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