Sink the Dubai ports deal! Our ports are gateways to America, and it does not make sense to put them under the control of a foreign power--particularly an Islamic regime tied to al-Qaeda.(Dubai Ports World)(Cover story)

Like most Americans, President Bush knew nothing, if you believe his tubdrummers, about the infamous plan to cede control of six major American seaports to the United Arab Emirates. Technically, a company called Dubai Ports World (DPW) will run the ports, but given that DPW is state owned, it's a distinction without a difference. If the deal goes through, an Islamic regime will control shipping on the eastern seaboard of the United States.

Bush isn't the only one who pleaded ignorance of the deal. Michael Chertoff, the ballyhooed minister of Homeland Security, also claimed hirelings kept him in the dark. What the president knew and when he knew it will remain a ...