"U.S. Hiring Hong Kong Co. to Scan Nukes"

[GreenPartyVoter]

WASHINGTON - In the aftermath of the Dubai ports dispute, the Bush administration is hiring a Hong Kong conglomerate to help detect nuclear materials inside cargo passing through the Bahamas to the United States and elsewhere.

The administration acknowledges the no-bid contract with Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. represents the first time a foreign company will be involved in running a sophisticated U.S. radiation detector at an overseas port without American customs agents present.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060323/ap_on_go_pr_wh/port_security_bahamas

[xray s]

1. So now he's letting Commies screen our cargo!!!!

Shout it from the roof tops in every Red State in the nation!!!!!

[gizmo1979]

2. We were only joking about

letting other countries check for nukes.Amazingly stupid and a no bid contract wow,I'll say one thing they got balls.Thumb their noses at all of us and congress too.