There is also the matter of the nominee for administrator of the Maritime Administration. He used to be director of ship operations for Dubai Ports International.

Karl Rove had to have planned this. Knowing that there are top-secret ways the UAE has been indispensible in the war on terror, Rove pushed the port deal (and the Sanborn nomination) in a genius move to help get Rick Santorum reelected and keep a comfortable GOP majority in the Senate.