President Bush has said that there's no need to worry about a United Arab Emirate-owned company having access to information about our port security arrangements.

Other elected officials, Republicans and Democrats believe that there are reasons to worry.

Here's one reason: According to the 9/11 commission, the vast majority of the money funding the Sept. 11 attacks flowed through the U.A.E. The Islamists who run this Shariah-dominated government ignored American pressure to clamp down on terror financing until after the attacks.

According to the 9/11 commission, the UAE government ignored American pressure to clamp down on terror financing after Al Qaeda declared war on the United States.

The UAE government ignored American pressure to clamp down on terror financing after the Cole bombing and after more than 220 people were killed and over 4,000 were wounded in simultaneous car bomb explosions at the United States embassies in Kenya.

This is the government that went on to happily finance the slaughter of 3,000 Americans in an unprovoked act of war.

The UAE was supporting al Qaeda during the late '90's as westerners played in Dubai. They supported the bombing of our embassies and the murder of hundreds of Africans as westerners drank booze in Dubai. They paid for 9/11 as they built hotels and bars. The enslaved African children and they enforced sharia among their citizens as they promoted Dubai as a hot vacation spot. They were at war with us then and they're at war with us now.

The UAE government supported al Qaeda's war against the US because they share al Qaeda's goals - a shariah-led caliphate in the Middle East - basically, the quest for Islamist lebensraum. They supported al Qaeda's war against us because they too were at war with us. However, due to the fact that the have no real military forces to defend themselves against us, their tactics have changed. Now, like our terror-supporting slaveholding allies in Saudi Arabia, the Sudan and Yemen, they pretend to be our friends.

Like other Islamist organizations, the UAE is selective about its application of Sharia. The Saudi government supports sharia when applied to their citizens. They still chop off hands for theft, they still execute people for selling liquor - but they don't follow Sharia banking rules. When bin Laden demanded that the American military must leave Saudi soil, he didn't also demand that Aramco should close its doors. He didn't forbid American oilmen or American dollars from entering the country. These Sharia-dominated groups are very flexible when it comes to money. They're at war with us, but they hope that we'll continue to pay for their war.

And we do.

The UAE, like our terror-supporting allies in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and in the Sudan do what they do because they're at war with us. They want more money and more power, and they're willing to kill and lie to get it. It's kind of simple, but some are way too smart to see something that's so obvious.

Some suggest that Bush is being very smart by promoting this deal. Yes, he is. According to this police analysis of classic cons and scams, smart people are usually the easiest to deceive.

Many of our readers are asking themselves, "Why was I stupid enough to invest in Enron or Tyco?" Well, why were they? The biggest misconception about fraud is that the victims are stupid. The truth is, con artists prefer intelligent people. First, smart people are more likely to have money. Second, smart people are easier to fool precisely because they think they're too smart to get scammed. We deal with victims who are doctors, lawyers, judges — even cops. The easiest people to deceive are those who think that they are immune to deception.

One of the biggest giveaways that you might be part of a con is a sense of immediacy: You have to make this decision now. If a stock is a good deal today, it will be a good deal tomorrow. When you're dealing with any scheme that involves money, you should ask yourself two questions: Is it possible that this person could be lying to me? And if they are, what do I stand to lose? If the answers are "yes" and "a lot," take some time to investigate further.

Is there a sense of immediacy?

Is there a possibility that this (former?) al Qaeda supporting Sharia-led apartheid state could be lying to us?

If they are lying, what do we stand to lose?

If your answer is "a lot" take some time to investigate further.