Senators Want To Punish Nokia, Siemens Over Iran

fast66 writes "After hearing about Nokia-Siemens sale of Internet-monitoring software to Iran, US Senators Schumer and Graham want to bar them from receiving federal contracts. They planned the action after hearing about a joint venture of Nokia Corp. of Finland and Siemens AG of Germany that sold a sophisticated Internet-monitoring system to Iran in 2008. According to Nextgov.com, Schumer and Graham's bill would require the Obama administration to identify foreign companies that export sensitive technology to Iran and ban them from bidding on federal contracts, or renew expiring ones, unless they first stop exports to Iran."

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meanwhile

[uepuejq]

at&t has now recompounded with cingular to form voltron

Re:Turnabout is fair play.

[Allicorn]

I warned Europeans on this board that protectionism was coming with a Northern Democrat sweep... but oh no

Yep - damn those Europeans for voting Obama in.

Re:Because Cisco would never do such a thing

[unlametheweak]

I would have to disagree with you regarding Israel. Israel is only acting in self determination after numerous incursions by Hamas, a group funded by Iran.

Agreed. And Hamas is only acting in self determination after numerous incursions by Israel, which is funded by the US.

Re:Because Cisco would never do such a thing

[michaelhood]

Google is an American country

I just woke up from a nap.. what did I miss?

Re:Because Cisco would never do such a thing

[shutdown -p now]

Well, let's see:

- Google buying out California after the latter going bankrupt; and also Texas filing their 5th petition to be purchased again, which was predictably turned down by Their Imperial Majesties Sergey I and Lawrence I

- President of the Persian Democratic Republic of Iran proposing stronger economic sanctions against the Emirate of the British Isles and Northern Europe, after the latter executed another three juvenile offenders for adultery by stoning.

- A port of DN4E to Microsoft GNU/Hurd (Microsoft's CEO, Richard M. Stallman, demoed it last month)

Re:Selling to the NSA is good but Iran is bad

[tinkerghost]

There is the "us" and there is the "them". What is confusing you ?

Is a multinational company that's based outside the US but happens to do business here an "us" or a "them"? I lost my scorecard and can't figure it out anymore.

As a side note, evidently the equipment sent to Iran is standard telephone switching equipment with digital wiretap capabilities - the same hardware mandated by the US & most other governments.