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Joe Cipale <joec@aracnet.com> wrote in message news:<401D492E.40A861E3@aracnet.com>...
> Maxwelton wrote:
> > 
> > Joe Cipale <joec@aracnet.com> wrote in message news:<401BFDB7.6DD299FF@aracnet.com>...
> > > Your Special Friend wrote:
> > > >
> > > > http://thekansan.com/stories/013004/vie_0130040039.shtml
> > > >
> > > > Exporting U.S. jobs
>  
> > > > The erosion of the U.S. industrial base has "enormous national
> > > > security implications," reports National Defense Magazine (August
> > > > 2003). The United States is so dependent on foreign countries for
> > > > critical components and systems that we may have lost our control of
> > > > our supply. We are now dependent on countries such as China, India,
> > > > Russia, France and Germany for critical weapons technology. For
> > > > America to be dependent on these nations is risky at best.
> > > >
> > > > A very glaring local example is "Boeing to create jobs in South Korea"
> > > > (Kansan, April 2002). Boeing has a contract to make 40 F-I5 fighter
> > > > jets, the first-line fighter of the U.S. Air Force, and will build a
> > > > plant in South Korea, employing 30,000 workers to manufacture them.
> > > > Boeing also states that any future orders of F-1 5's will see
> > > > manufacture in the South Korea plant.
> > > >
> > I see the exporting of high tech and particularly defense work troublesome.
> > For these reasons:
> >     1. Not just loss of current jobs in the US but future jobs and skills
> >         will also be lost. Right now you here the gripe that americans
> >        should posses better technical skills, well that will only get
> >        worse if there is no demand for it.
> >     2. Taxes are taken without choice and spent not on an american worker
> >        but one in another country.
> >     3. Reliance on another nation for our defense structure is way too risky.
> 
> And what REALLY frightens me about your final point is that our
> administration (be it Senate, COngress, resident-in-cheif) are aiding
> and abetting this. THis is more of a threat to our national security
> than a fucking airplane being flown into another high-rise building!

Yes it makes you wonder who is calling the shots and what do they 
really understand. 
> 
> 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.

All of the above and much more. I don't know of a single piece of 
software developed that doesn't contain hidden functions etc. that
only the producers are aware exists, customers have no idea. Most do 
it to help their customers when they have problems, but certainly it
could work a number of ways against customers.