Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Tech as a Threat to National Security?

Steve Hamm and Dawn Kopecki write on Businessweek.com:

The offshore exodus of software programming over the past half-decade has slashed costs, eliminated tens of thousands of American jobs, and given rise to a huge industry in India. Now a debate has begun about whether the globalization of software is a serious threat to national security.

Until now, the discussion has primarily been situated deep in the corridors of the Pentagon and limited to members of an obscure volunteer advisory board. But in the coming weeks, this could emerge as a hot-button security issue.

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