Secret terrorist trap plan revealed!

I got it. The Bush Administration is just trying to set a giant mousetrap by allowing a United Arab Emirates-controlled company to take over several Eastern U.S. ports.

In Catherine Lucey’s Daily News story today, she talks to all the local pols who are up in arms about the deal, and also mentions the actual port that the UAE company would have a 50 percent stake in:

Here in Philly, the deal gives Dubai Ports World a 50 percent interest in Delaware River Stevedores. [...] DRS leases the Tioga Marine Terminal from the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, unloads ships in Camden and Wilmington and provides loading services to the Philadelphia Cruise Ship Terminal.

Shit. The Tioga Marine Terminal? If terrorists ever try to drop in via that port, the natives will tear ‘em to shreds. Rock on, Philly.

Arabs running port? No sale, pols say [DN]
Tioga Marine Terminal [philaport.com]
Yesterday: Any (Arab) port in a storm