Regarding the Dubai Ports deal, Bush said this morning:

The management of some ports, which, heretofore, has been managed by a foreign company will be managed by another company from a foreign land. And so people don’t need to worry about security. This deal wouldn’t go forward if we were concerned about the security for the United States of America.

Yup.  "Nothing to see here.  Daddy will take care of everything."

This comes on the heels of the revelation that the WH negotiated a "secret deal" with the UAE company:

Under a secretive agreement with the Bush administration, a company in the United Arab Emirates promised to cooperate with U.S. investigations as a condition of its takeover of operations at six major American ports, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

The U.S. government chose not to impose other, routine restrictions.

In approving the $6.8 billion purchase, the administration chose not to require state-owned Dubai Ports World to keep copies of its business records on U.S. soil, where they would be subject to orders by American courts. It also did not require the company to designate an American citizen to accommodate requests by the government.

While this deal does not necessarily implicate national security, it certainly looks like the White House bent over backwards to make sure that DPW was not accountable to American courts and oversight.

But, that’s okay, says Bush.  Don’t worry.

One of the six ports, by the way, is in New Orleans.  I wonder how many New Orleanians are reassured by Bush’s comment.