Katie Couric Nails It On The Ports Deal
Interviewing Tim Russert, Couric quickly turned the talk to the fact that “only 5% of the cargo coming into this country is checked. It might be one of the biggest national security threats we face as a nation in terms of terrorist attacks.”
Katie then unloaded her shot in the guise of a question about Congress:
“Do they look feckless and misdirected by obsessing so much on this [UAE] issue and not perhaps looking at the big picture?”
Exactly.
While members of Congress give themselves a collective pat-on-the-back for denying our trusted middle-eastern ally a contract to manage one of our ports the fact remains that security at our ports, which has never had anything to do with the ports deal making headlines of late, is still woefully inadequate and has been so for years.
Our federal leaders, both in Congress and in the White House, have failed to take the necessary steps to make our ports more secure. Now some of those leaders want us to believe that denying Dubai Ports World the contract to manage some of our ports, as they already manage hundreds of ports across the country, is making us safer.
These people need to wake up and smell the coffee.
