Coming Clean

Four unnamed US legislators come clean about the Ports deal while in Dubai according to this AP Brief published yesterday:

Four U.S. legislators visiting this city at the heart of a collapsed ports management deal stressed Sunday the United Arab Emirates remained one of America's strongest allies in the fight against terrorism.

The deal gave the Emirates-based Dubai Ports World control of six U.S. ports, but an uproar from the American public and Congress pushed DP World to withdraw.

That's how the print version we ran read; you can read the full piece here. It gives a more complete picture and includes names of the four Congressmen.

It’s a shame though that, even after the deal is long-gone, that AP can’t get the actual nature of of it correct.