"Probing" software in this context means doing security audits. Nothing would have stopped the Russians from breaking into a big company like Ford or General El

"Probing" software in this context means doing security audits. Nothing would have stopped the Russians from breaking into a big company like Ford or General Electric and stealing a copy of the software for them to then look for vulnerabilities. This is like the Oracle rat hole where they tried to claim that security audits of their products could only be done with prior approval. That cat is way out of the bag.