"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
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Fine, but you are in love with this, which you said earlier - you keep
saying it: "Port Operations is not part of our national security". Ervin,
who knows more about this than you or I, says otherwise. Do you doubt
what he says? If you do doubt what he says, explain why.
Erwin knows more than I do. We should never turn over national security
to Longshoreman and a company whose priority is to move fright as quickly
as possible. The threat exists no matter who owns the fright line.

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Reggie

Longshoreman aren't the issue. They wield enough power to shut down any port
in this country. Ervin said the operator will be in charge of hiring OTHER
employees who are not longshoreman, and whose job will involve security that
is NOT PROVIDED BY CUSTOMS & COAST GUARD. That's the weakness. If you think
that a night security guard can't be paid to look the other way for 15
minutes, you are crazy.

Among other things, members of congress want to know what kinds of
background checks will be done on employees. Anyone who thinks it's unfair
for them to ask this question is a complete idiot.