It's not about National Security, it's about corporate interests. Just follow the money...

John Snow
CSX
James Baker
The Carlyle Group
Impending free trade pact w/UAE
Dave Sanborn (who has been handpicked by President Bush as his nominee for the Administrator of the Maritime Administration) Sanborn was hired by DP in 2005. That one year with Dubai Ports was all he needed to broker the Dubai Ports deal to purchase CSX.