Air Force One Guidance Systems Allegedly Sent to Russia

[RamboLiberal]

Source: ABC News

State Department investigators found that a subsidiary of a major defense contractor provided portions of the computer source code of Air Force One to a company in Russia in 1998, according to a little-noticed consent agreement reached earlier this month.

The documents, filed by the State Department, noted that the alleged violation by a subsidiary of defense contractor Northrop Grumman "resulted in harm to the U.S. national security."

Specifically, the source code involved the inertial navigation software systems that are unique to the presidential aircraft.

The violations were allegedly committed by Litton Industries, which Northrop Grumman bought in 2001. Northrop has agreed to pay a $15 million fine for 110 violations of the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

The proposed charging document from the State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls released on April 2, noted, "Between September 1998 and November 1998, Respondent provided portions of the source code related to the LTN-92 INS modified for use on Air Force One to a company in Russia without authorization from the Department."





Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/FedCrimes/story?id=4684907&page=1

[Bigmack]

1. Anybody ever go to jail....

around shit like this? Is this just a fuckup or did somebody make some bucks?

President Obama or President Clinton will need all the protection they can get!

If the bad guys are gonna use that code, they've got until January of next year.

[Ian David]

2. Were they trying to kill Bill Clinton or Harrison Ford?

[PSPS]

3. $15 million fine? Just a "cost of doing business" in a multi-billion dollar contract.

It's likely buried under "petty cash."

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[truthisfreedom]

5. Hopefully there's some new source code in there by January.

[lovuian]

6. its probably an outsource company who did it

Ya let Bush ride in Air Force one now

[Eagle_Eye]

7. The threat to Air Force One is minuscule

The threat to National Security comes from the Russians using the inertial navigation software in their own systems, such as cruise missiles or ballistic missile submarines.

This is just one more example of the money grubbing defense contractors selling out the American people to make a few bucks.

As long as we have people at the head of the Government like Dick Cheney who throw huge sums of money to their buddies at Halliburton and Kellogg Brown & Root, we will have this problem.

It ain't getting any better folks. The down sizing of the military from the Ronnie Raygun buildup only resulted in the top military brass contracting everything out. Now the contractors think the military is there to serve THEM!

Carolyn Maloney introduced H. R. 3033 for the purpose of identifying "bad" defense contractors. But guess what, defense lobbyists don't like it!

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3481161&c=AME&s=TOP

[eilen]

8. Didn't we used to hang traitors and spies?

[indepat]

9. Now ain't that especially special and just downright jim dandy?

:grr: