Gadi Evron wrote:
> hehehehehehehehehehehehhehehe
> hehehehehehheheheheheheheheheheheheheh
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> More seriously...
> Exactly to the same extent US high-tech is CIA, is my best guess.
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> Meaning: job market (people before or after they work there). Defense
> contractors and projects, etc.
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> In other words, my guess is no.
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> Gadi.
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> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008, Larry Seltzer wrote:
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>> Happy Sukkot everyone.
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>> Larry Seltzer
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>> http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1029006.html
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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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What gets me about this whole deal is that RE;ing an app can be a lot
cheaper than actually buying the company.
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