First, the Dubai company DP World gets 21 ports (6 depending on how and what you count). Now we have Dubai International Capital taking over the London-based Doncasters Group Ltd. And, what is this company get? They will take over plants that make precision components used in engines for military aircraft and tanks – in Georgia and Connecticut!
Duabi International Capital is a member of Dubai Holding
Here is a quote from the Washington Post:
The administration notified congressional committees this week that its secretive Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is investigating the security implications of Dubai International Capital’s $1.2 billion acquisition of London-based Doncasters Group Ltd., which has subsidiaries in the United States. It is also investigating an Israeli company’s plans to buy the Maryland software security firm Sourcefire, which does business with Defense Department agencies.
Did you catch that? An Israeli company plans to buy A U.S. company that supplies U.S. Federal, State, and Local, government agencies.
“U.S. Federal Government Partner
Because of the complex and dynamic nature of selling into the public sector, Sourcefire has developed a program that provides support to partners who have established relationships with Federal, State and Local government agencies. Sourcefire works with our partners on Federal Government opportunities and support their initiatives through the GSA Schedule and other Federal Government contracts.”
From Sourcfire’s website.
Just where are we headed as a country? Globalization has to mean outsourcing?
Why are we allowing the prime players of political hotbeds into our countries transportation and security sectors?