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Trustworthy Software For The NSA?

Janus Daniels writes "There's a new story from the New York Times, as reprinted at CNET News, about security concerns for Government agencies buying software from overseas. According to the article, a whistle-blower who helped sell software to the National Security Agency says that much of the development work is subcontracted to China, raising serious national security risks. He also discovered in the sales-support database... the names of more than 30 [identity-classified] employees of the United States National Security Agency...'"

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  1. chinese intelligence by lurgyman · · Score: 5, Funny

    And obviously Chinese intel has capitalized on this - succesfully directing the US Air Force to it's embassy during the Serbian fiasco a few years back...

  2. Outsiders by mjihad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obviously, having all software written in the US eliminates the risk of having security risks.