https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/02/21/port-snort/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 06:46:37 -0400<![CDATA[For people who spend most of their lives in the public eye, I am frequently astonished at how little basic knowledge of public relations is displayed by many government officials and politicians. A perfect example is what Drudge wittily calls the Port Storm. You would think that all those government agencies, including Homeland Security (talk about PR deficit &#8211; how about Michael Chertoff?), who came to make the decision to award such a contract to a UAE company would have anticipated this &#8220;perfect storm.&#8221; The perception alone of giving partial control of our ports to an entity from a country whose citizens were involved, at least in part, with 9/11 is a real head scratcher. (I&#8217;m leaving aside the propriety of the actual decision, which I doubt to begin with.) Perhaps these yahoos should be given a short course in the life of Edward Bernays, &#8220;the father of public relations,&#8221; who interestingly was a nephew-in-law to Sigmund Freud.]]>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:55:07 -0500<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2006/02/21/port-snort-n211446