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Israeli Software Company Faces U.S. Probe

An AP newswire article by Ted Bridis, via The Washington Post, reports that:

The same Bush administration review panel that approved a ports deal involving the United Arab Emirates has notified a leading Israeli software company that it faces a rare, full-blown investigation over its plans to buy a smaller rival.

The company was told U.S. officials feared the transaction could endanger some of government's most sensitive computer systems.

The objections by the FBI and Pentagon were partly over specialized intrusion detection software known as "Snort," which guards some classified U.S. military and intelligence computers.

posted by Fergie @ 3/02/2006 07:22:00 AM