Feds Kill Check Point's Sourcefire Bid

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday March 24, 2006 @05:34AM from the i-don't-want-to-wash-the-people's-truck dept.

Caffeinated Geek writes to tell us The Register is reporting that Check Point Software has removed their bid to buyout rival software company Sourcefire following objections from the FBI and the Pentagon to the Treasury's Committee on Foreign Investments. From the article: "Federal agency objections to the security software tie-up center on the implementation of Sourcefire's anti-intrusion software 'Snort' by the Bureau and Department of Defense, AP reports. In private meetings between the panel and Check Point, FBI and Pentagon officials took exception to letting foreigners acquire the sensitive technology."

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Re:A different view on things by RyanCowardin · 2006-03-24 06:45 · Score: 5, Informative

And just to rehash history... it's not like Israel has EVER tried to spy on the US before or anything.

When the government does business with a US company, it's a heck of a lot easier for the administration to send someone over to said company threatening, "Hey, we don't like what you're doing! Keep it up and we'll happily send your entire company on a quail hunting trip with Dick Cheney!" It just doesn't have the same affect on a foreign owned company, unfortunatly.