Fwd: Dubai firm has ties to Bush aides

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" The Dubai firm that won Bush administration backing to run six U.S. ports

has at least two ties to the White House.

 

" One is Treasury Secretary John Snow, whose agency heads the federal

panel that signed off on the $6.8 billion sale of an English company to

government-owned Dubai Ports World - giving it control of Manhattan's

cruise ship terminal and Newark's container port.

 

" Snow was chairman of the CSX rail firm that sold its own international

port operations to DP World for $1.15 billion in 2004, the year after Snow

left for President Bush's cabinet.

 

" The other connection is David Sanborn, who runs DP World's European

and Latin American operations and was tapped by Bush last month to head

the U.S. Maritime Administration.

 

" The ties raised more concerns about the decision to give port control

to a company owned by a nation linked to the 9/11 hijackers. "

 

Full story at:

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/393375p-333478c.html