Port security
NEWARK, NJ - FEBRUARY 21: The Port Newark Container Terminal in Newark, New Jersey, one of six ports scheduled to be purchased by Dubai Ports World.
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The Bush administration is trying to explain why it didn't notify Congress of the impending sale takeover of some major U.S. ports by a company based in Dubai.
But experts say the political furor misses the real problems with protecting ports from terrorism.
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