He thinks that any ports' deal should be subject to full scrutiny and should take concrete steps to make U.S. ports safer.

What he did say was that any ports proposal should be subject to full scrutiny.

Mr. Hale thinks it was a fair deal.

I'm one that doesn't let the pressure or any of the outside kind of scrutiny, all those things, really get to me.

We read fine things but never feel them to the full until we have gone the same steps as the author.

The incompetent handling of the Dubai Ports deal was just the tip of the iceberg. Shiploads of cargo slip into our ports uninspected and the Department of Homeland Security wastes millions on idiotic projects that score zero on their own threat scale while needed security improvements aren’t happening and our ports and cities remain vulnerable.