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More seriously...
Exactly to the same extent US high-tech is CIA, is my best guess.
Meaning: job market (people before or after they work there). Defense
contractors and projects, etc.
In other words, my guess is no.
Gadi.
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> Is Israel's booming high-tech industry a branch of the Mossad?
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> By Yossi Melman <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> In 2006 the Check Point Software Technologies company, which specializes
> in protecting computer systems from hackers and data theft, wanted to
> acquire an American company called Sourcefire, which works in the same
> field. The great advantage of Sourcefire was that its clients include
> the American Defense Department and the National Security Agency. The
> U.S. administration, however, by means of the Committee on Foreign
> Investment in the United States, did not approve the acquisition.
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> The committee made its decision based on an opinion by the Federal
> Bureau of Investigation and NSA security officers. The two organizations
> were afraid that Check Point, which was founded by Gil Shwed and fellow
> graduates of Unit 8200, the Israel Defense Forces' high-tech
> intelligence unit, would have access to top-secret information, which it
> could pass on to Israel's intelligence community.
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> The fear and suspicion currently is directed not only toward Check
> Point, but also other Israeli high-tech companies like Verint, Comverse,
> NICE Systems and PerSay Voice Biometrics, some of which work in data
> mining and engage in software development for tapping telephones, fax
> machines, e-mail and computer communications.
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