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Port of Newark
NEWARK, NJ - FEBRUARY 21: The Port Newark Container Terminal in Newark, New Jersey, one of six ports scheduled to be purchased by Dubai Ports World.
Photo by Michael Brown/Getty Images

The Bush administration is trying to explain why it didn't notify Congress of the impending sale takeover of some major U.S. ports by a company based in Dubai.

But experts say the political furor misses the real problems with protecting ports from terrorism.

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Port of Newark
NEWARK, NJ - FEBRUARY 21: The Port Newark Container Terminal in Newark, New Jersey, one of six ports scheduled to be purchased by Dubai Ports World.
Photo by Michael Brown/Getty Images