NEW YORK, March 1 (Xinhuanet) -- A US federal judge on Wednesday ruled against a request by New Jersey to order an investigation into a United Arab Emirates company's takeover of some U.S. port operations.

    U.S. District Judge Jose Linares also said the state will not be privy to documents the company gave to a federal committee reviewing the deal. Linares said the state "needs to show an immediate need for those documents."

    The 6.8-billion-dollar acquisition would allow Dubai-based DP World to buy major commercial operations at ports in New York, NewJersey, Baltimore, Miami, New Orleans and Philadelphia. Critics ofthe deal say it could compromise national security.

    The Bush administration agreed Sunday to the state-owned company's request for a 45-day investigation of the deal's potential security risks, and Linares said that review should be sufficient.

    New Jersey Attorney General Zulima Farber said despite the judge's decision, she was satisfied because she believes the state's lawsuit prompted the company to agree to the 45-day review.

    In court, a lawyer for the Justice Department said the administration had not received a letter from the company formalizing the 45-day review.

    Linares said there is no reason for the state to review the documents until a deal is approved. If that happens, the court could appoint a person with appropriate security clearance to review the material and then decide whether to release it to New Jersey officials, the judge said.

    But Farber said New Jersey needs to see the documents viewed by the federal committee to weigh how Garden State officials would respond to potential risks.

    "The people of New Jersey and the governor of the state of New Jersey are in the best position to assess risks," she said.

    Meanwhile, the New York City Council is expected to pass a resolution Wednesday against the takeover of six U.S. ports by a company in Dubai.

    But the resolution is ultimately a symbolic gesture of protest because it is non-binding. One of the six ports is on Manhattan's West Side. Enditem