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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First Quote

[Anonymous Coward]

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
-- Soren Kierkegaard

Third post!

[Anonymous Coward]

If this isn't the third post I'll give myself a vasectomy with a rusty hacksaw.

THIS 2ND POST IS GAY GAY GAY GAY GAY

[Anonymous Coward]

Sounds like a whining wanker to me.

[Anonymous Coward]

China is a Strategic Partner (TM) anyway.

WILL YOU CHECK MY BACKDOOR?

[Anonymous Coward]

I GOT A MOSQUITO BITE ON MY BALLSACK

[Anonymous Coward]

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[Anonymous Coward]

Re:Even if its in the U.S.

[Troed]

Of course there is. Lots of US spies programming Windows to spy on EU and China.

It's _more_ probable than vice versa given the US track record.

Re:Outsourcing isn't always the problem either

[Surak]

Oh, I'm clueless am I? It's a well-known fact that the U.S. government hires a lot of Indian immigrants. How much background checking do you they can *do* in India? Only as much as the Indian government will allow, I'll tell you that.

I *work* for a company that does military work. In fact, we're building, right this very minute, manufacturing fixtures for the latest Commanche helicopter.

Do you think the military did a background check on me when they hired me in? Hardly.