Ports

1) Is the Dubai company purchasing the right to control the ports, and if so, how much and to whom? Who brokered the deal?
2) What does "control" mean? Hiring and firing? Establishing budgets? Maximizing corporate profits? Determining what goods can move throughout the ports? Choosing outside contractors and vendors? And, is port control a function that should be left to private interests?
3) In the minds of the directors of Dubai Ports World, whose interests come first - the company's, its owners - the government of Dubai, or the United States?
4) Which lobbyists have been retained by Dubai, and how much have they been paid?
5) How many contracts does Halliburton have in the UAE?
6) Do the Bush family oil interests have any relationships with the UAE?
7) Should we be more confident now that both the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Customs Service, the two agencies charged with protecting our ports, are part of the Department of Homeland Security under the direction of Michael Chertoff?
8) Besides Treasury Secretary John Snow, which other current or former Administration officials have a link to Dubai Ports World or other UAE governmental interests?