DUBAI TERMINAL DEAL: MSM AND DEMS "CHERRY-PICKING" COAST GUARD COMMENTS

WHO ARE THE REAL CHERRY PICKERS!?

The entire attack against the UK-Dubai-US container terminals deal is BOGUS. It has been from the start. The latest salvo in this BOGUS BROUHAHA is that CFIUS was told by the USCG that there were "intelligence gaps." From POWERLINE:

"Paper: Coast Guard Has Port Co. Intel Gaps." The Associated Press begins breathlessly:

Citing broad gaps in U.S. intelligence, the Coast Guard cautioned the Bush administration weeks ago that it could not determine whether a United Arab Emirates-based company seeking a stake in some U.S. port operations might support terrorist operations.

Of course, if you continue reading, you find:

The Bush administration said the Coast Guard's concerns were raised during its review of the deal, which it approved Jan. 17, and that all those questions were resolved. ***

The Coast Guard said the concerns reflected in the document ultimately were addressed. In a statement, the Coast Guard said other U.S. intelligence agencies were able to provide answers to the questions it raised.

"The Coast Guard, the intelligence community and the entire CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States) panel believed this transaction received the proper review, and national security concerns were, in fact, addressed," the Coast Guard said.

When the MSM only reports the questions that the USCG had, and DELIBERATELY FAILS TO REPORT THAT THESE CONCERNS WERE ADDRESSED, well: this is TRUE "cherry-picking."

YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT FALSE CHERRY-PICKING LOOKS LIKE!?

Well, when the Left accuses Bush and Cheney of cherry-picking intel on Iraq in order to build up a case for war it's a FALSE charge. WHY?! Well, even Paul Pillar was forced to admit on CNN's THE SITUATION ROOM that all the intel from every agency in the world had overwhelmingly concluded that Saddam had WMD. And he admitted that there was no arm-twisting or slanting of the intel. IN OTHER WORDS: there was no cherry-picking.

IOW: the cherry-picking charge is another Bogus Bush Scandal - just like this Dubai deal. As is latest USCG wrinkle. The whole ENTIRE Dubai controversy is nothing but a disinformation campaign by self-serving demagogues - from BITH parties!

Sadly, the polls seem to suggest that this disinformation campaign is working. SO FAR. But as a great American once said, we have not yet begun to fight.