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BushOut06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 08:01 PM
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BushCo hires Hong Kong company to scan for nuke materials
Is this administration this fucking stupid? After the uproar that the whole Dubai ports deal caused, now they're going to do this? Even if it is innocuous, it just seems like he's telling the country "fuck you, I'll do whatever the hell I want".

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060324/ap_on_go_pr_wh/port_security_bahamas

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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.

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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 08:06 PM
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1. I don't know, perhaps it makes sense to hire
King Kong to check out the...

Oh.

Never mind.
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oscar111 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 08:52 PM
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2. RECOMEND FOR GREATEST PAGE:BUTTON at bott ORIG post
This insanity could really sink the GOP if word gets around.

make sure it does.

put bush polls at five percent....... soon.
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BushOut06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-24-06 08:01 AM
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3. Kick - n/t
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