Did Bush REALLY NOT Know about Port Deal BEFOREHAND?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

From...
http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/international-affairs/exon-florio/

It looks here below like "the President or his designee" was legally supposed to be notified BEFORE the deal was approved. BEFORE THE REVIEW PROCESS EVEN TOOK PLACE. Was nobody notified at WH or do we just not yet know who it was who WAS notified?...

4th paragrapg from top...

"To assist in making this determination, Exon-Florio provides for the President or his designee to receive written notice of an acquisition, merger or takeover of a U.S. corporation by a foreign entity. Once CFIUS has received a complete notification, it begins a thorough review of the notified transaction. In some cases, it is necessary to undertake an extended review or "investigation." An investigation, if necessary, must begin no later than 30 days after receipt of a notice. Any investigation is required to end within 45 days."

[A-Schwarzenegger]

1. Am I reading this wrong?

If not, either nobody at WH was notified (as they were legally
supposed to be) or Bush/WH is lying.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. What else is new?

Little Lord Pissypants doesn't have to do anything he doesn't feel like doing. So there.

[murray hill farm]

2. If Bush says he had no part in the port deal...

then what is he doing as the president of the usa...he didnt know this was happening...he had no part in it...welllllllll...........shit...it must be the least of what we ask of the president of our usa that he at least know what is happening in the usa..what the fuck!!!!!

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. Just like the Aug 6, 2001 PDB

He was too busy looking at himself in a mirror to bother noticing the rest of the world.

[FreedomAngel82]

5. Oh he knew

Why else would he be threatning a veto as someone else asked?

[murray hill farm]

6. Then...we must not continue to debate it..

we must save our country..if it is not too late...get the would be fascist out of the office of president..this is beyond redicules...if we cannot get him out by impeachment, then we must have civil war in the usa.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

8. The veto remark was made AFTER he was notified of deal.

My post notes that he "or his designee" was required to be notified before the deal and BEFORE THE REVIEW PROCESS even started.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

7. WHO was notified at WH if Bush wasn't?

The law says somebody there had to be notified BEFORE THE REVIEW PROCESS EVEN BEGAN. This seems important as hell to me if Bush's main defense turns out to be that he didn't know. SOMEBODY WAS NOTIFIED. If not Bush, then WHO WAS HIS DESIGNEE?

[karlrschneider]

9. Snotty Scotty said yesterday that all Cabinet-level officials were consult

consulted but Rummy said he had only heard of it a couple of days ago. Somebody is lying. As usual.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

10. I don't understand why nobody in media has asked or answered

who was notified as Bush's "designee" if Bush wasn't.

[karlrschneider]

16. Beats me. I guess they haven't thought of it.

:eyes:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

17. Every show/reporter repeats that he says he didnt know

but nobody has apparently googled: committee foreign investment united states

[WillyT]

11. He Was Busy Reading "My Pet Goat II" !

:shrug::evilgrin::shrug:

[leftofthedial]

12. he said he did not know beforehand

he always lies

therefore, he knew beforehand

[Disturbed]

13. The Bushbots are quick to forgive his incompetence.

They might not be so quick to forgive his traitorous acts.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

15. Somebody at the WH DID KNOW beforehand OR the law was broken.

Again:

"Exon-Florio (the Law regulating CFIUS) provides for the President or his designee to receive written notice of an acquisition, merger or takeover of a U.S. corporation by a foreign entity. Once CFIUS has received a complete notification, it begins a thorough review of the notified transaction."

If I'm reading this wrong, somebody let me know.

[BuyingThyme]

14. "I know nothing of this & therefore will veto any attempts to prevent it."

Yep. Makes sense.

[AlCzervik]

18. i don't believe anything he says or his handlers say.

[Catshrink]

19. Another Cheney misstep?

What are the odds of that? This is the only explanation I can think of... if it's right, The Dick is toast.

[yurbud]

20. getting rid of Dick would be like getting rid of Karl, Bush would

flop around on the floor like a fish out of water and just make unintelligible coke snorting noise, and only Jeff Gannon will be able to calm him down.