Kiss of Death for the Port Deal

Just what the Bush administration didn't need...Jimmy Carter's endorsement of the Dubai Ports Deal:

The Bush administration's plan to turn over control of six major U.S. ports to a Dubai company suffered another blow on Monday, when former President Jimmy Carter endorsed the deal.

"The overall threat to the United States and security, I don't think it's exists," Carter told CNN's Wolf Blitzer.

"My belief is that the president and his secretary of state, the Defense Department and others have adequately cleared the Dubai government or organization to manage their ports," Carter added. "I don't think there's any particular threat to our security."

What further evidence do we need that this Port deal is riddled with serious security risks. Former President Carter may have just saved the country untold millions of dollars in background searches and maybe even from future terror attacts. This kind of deal busting we can live with.