As I reported when these guys were first arrested, there was a connection to previous terrorist shadiness at USF. I have been off of blogging for a couple of weeks because of a tremendous work load. In the meantime, much more information has come out. As Michelle Malkin has summed up, CAIR is still trying to defend from a bad position and now the Egyptian government is going to fund the defense (see The Goose Creek Two, Egypt, and National Security).
Then I read this: Dubai's Plans in the US.
A Dubai-based sister company of DP World, who tried to buy a controlling interest in America’s seaports, has now purchased 1,300 acres of land in South Carolina, to be developed into a logistics center and business park.
I think our greatest security risk is our foreign policy. The U.S. ignores bad behavior, questionable business transactions, and blatant attempts to compromise and test security practices. As Bill Gertz wrote about in yesterday's Washington Times, China is trying to acquire a large interest in 3Com:
"There is no doubt as to why the Chinese want a partnership with 3Com," Mr. Hoekstra said in an interview. "They look at this as a key connection to stealing additional secrets from U.S. corporations and from our national security apparatus."
Additionally, Mr. Hoekstra said the merger could help China obtain high-technology hardware to assist the Chinese military in its aggressive efforts to penetrate U.S. government computers and networks.
If the proposed merger goes through, the Chinese will be able to learn details of "things we put in place to block hackers, so they will be in a better position to defeat those defenses," Mr. Hoekstra said.
A defense official said senior policy-makers were caught by surprise by the Huawei deal, in a manner similar to the Pentagon's failure to respond quickly to the proposal last year by United Arab Emirates company Dubai Ports World to manage six major U.S. seaports. That deal was canceled over national security concerns.
Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, said the 3Com-Huawei deal raises more red flags than the Dubai Ports World deal and called on the Bush administration to provide information about the 3Com deal to congressional leaders and request action from Congress if needed.
"If there is a loophole that is allowing valuable defense technology to be obtained by the Chinese military that will enable them to accelerate their military expansion, then we ought to close it," said Mr. Sessions, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Look how the U.S. has changed since the Cold War. Picture a Russian company buying interest in Boeing in 1985. The media would be all over that. Instead, we hear more about the Obama and Clinton Show than we do about actual current events. The "connect-the-dots" crowd has apparently moved on to other things.
Somebody remind me why we have a State Department? Is that so terrorist-sponsoring countries can buy interest in American companies and finance legal defense funds (probably from the same foreign aid funds sent to them)?
Here's a little reminder of some not-too-distant history. IBM and the Holocaust details how IBM technology helped Nazis organize and dispose of the Jews and other undesirables efficiently. Nazis In Pre-War London, 1930-1939: The Fate And Role Of German Party Members And British Sympathizers details German infiltration into British culture. Anybody who ever said "Never Again!" regarding the rise of the Nazis and the Holocaust should speak up now.
Lover, You Should've Come Over by Jeff Buckley