Is The U.S. Giving Away It's Sensitive Technology

Report: U.S. Might be Giving Away Sensitive Military Technology -- Global Security Newswire

Sensitive military technology might be slipping into enemy hands, in part because of a dramatic decline in the number of foreign workers that the Commerce Department screens, federal auditors have found (see GSN, June 8, 2009).

For national security purposes, the United States controls the export of so-called dual-use technologies -- items that have both civilian and military uses, including computer security tools -- to countries of concern, including Iran and North Korea.

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My Comment: When you read stories like this one, it makes you wonder if the safeguards are in place to prevent even more transfers of military tech that the U.S. taxpayer has paid for (probably) through the nose.

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