WE want OUR OWN PORTS!

Washington told to justify port deal in court

The Bush administration was ordered by a U.S. federal judge on Friday to explain why it did not give New Jersey officials documents and information Washington had about a deal allowing an Arab company to take over management of a container terminal in Newark.

U.S. District Court Judge Jose Linares signed an order demanding to know why the government did not carry out a full investigation into the change of ownership of the container terminal at Port Newark.

The judge set a hearing for Wednesday and said in the order he would issue a preliminary injunction blocking the deal, pending a full investigation, unless he was satisfied with Washington's answers.

The people need to continue to apply pressure to this situation. We can not just except investigations that may rubber stamp the deal anyway. It is OUR job, THE PEOPLE to see to it that our security itake care of and follow this through to the end.