Insanity Prevails, Endangering Two Ports - and Us

2018-06-29

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. How would you feel if two major ports in the United States were to be run by a company owned by the family of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear bomb-maker – a company that also has a joint venture with the Russian manufacturer of cruise missile launchers concealed in shipping containers? And how would you want your government to respond to such a prospect? Most of us would, quite sensibly, regard this as an insane idea and would expect the federal gover...

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

How would you feel if two major ports in the United States were to be run by a company owned by the family of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear bomb-maker – a company that also has a joint venture with the Russian manufacturer of cruise missile launchers concealed in shipping containers? And how would you want your government to respond to such a prospect?

Most of us would, quite sensibly, regard this as an insane idea and would expect the federal government to prevent it.

Unfortunately, just such a company – known as Gulftainer – already manages container operations in strategically located Port Canaveral, Florida and will soon be doing the same in Wilmington, Delaware’s port. And the U.S. government has just turned a blind eye to the obvious peril these arrangements pose.

What could possibly go wrong? We may soon find out the answer is: plenty.

This is Frank Gaffney.

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