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In article <181e352f.0402042306.7387eb6c@posting.google.com>, kamalp@acm.org (Kamal 
R. Prasad) writes...
> "Old Enough to Know Better" <SpamSucks@NoSpam.com> wrote in message news:<jMiUb.135023$f97.29635@fe3.columbus.rr.com>...
> > "DontOutsourceMe" <dontoutsourcemyjob@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:6f37046c.0402021822.27225c74@posting.google.com...
> > > Flavius Vespasianus <nl@nl.com> wrote in message
> >  news:<asATb.9856$uM2.342@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>...
> > > > Joe Cipale <joec@aracnet.com> wrote in
> > > > news:401D492E.40A861E3@aracnet.com:
> > > >
> > > > > Can you imagine some foreing coder developing a piece of code to
> > > > > control an air defense or missile launcher? Can you imagine said piece
> > > > > of code being compromised? What would the ramifications be? Firing on
> > > > > our own troops? Disabling the launch codes? a virus/security
> > > > > vulernability that leaves a system open for cyber-attack?
> > > > >
> > > > > The possibilities are endless, IMO.
> > > >
> > > > The White House e-mail system was offshored.
> > 
> > I hope you aren't serious! If so can you provide proof?
> > 
> > 
> > > So whats the problem??  Anything and Everything can be offshored to
> > > India and things will be just fine!!
> > 
> > I hope you aren't serious!
> > Technical issues aside everything would not be "fine".
> > First US taxpayer money should not be used for offshoring of  government IT
> > systems *ever*.
> > If you can't see the security issue here then I have some beachfront
> > property in Oklahoma I like to talk to you about.
> 
> During the boom period of 1997-2001, there was a tremendous shortage
> of IT professionals to execute govt. contracts. Lots of Indians were
> hired esp in the DC area for govt. contractual work. When the economy
> tanked, the BCIS came up with a security problem so that no
> non-citizens would be employed. the workers were laid off, and
> american replacements were trained. I understand your security and
> economic concerns. But shouldn't this be disclosed upfront to the
> job-seeker? BTW -are non-US citizens guaranteed to pose a security
> threat? Was Tmothy McVeigh not a US citizen?
> 
> regards
> -kamal


I don't think it's the workers - per se - that are the security 
threat.  There are various problems with such things as oversight, 
geography, management, and differences in legal situations in 
different countries that can make it easier for security breaches 
to happen.

If a US citizen is accused of espionage or treason, I would think 
it would be a lot easier to prosecute them than the citizen of 
another country if that country decides not to be cooperative -- ie 
refuses to extradite the suspect, or constrains the prosecution
in some other way.  For example in Europe they often refuse to 
extradite an individual if they face the death penalty, since it 
is an outlawed form of punishment in the EU.



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