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What's Israel's reasoning here? They have an enormous amount of goodwill in the US are completely dependent on them for national security, so normally everyone
by dmurray 7y ago
What's Israel's reasoning here? They have an enormous amount of goodwill in the US are completely dependent on them for national security, so normally everyone would be thrilled to make this deal work.
Are they worried that by giving the source code to the US it would eventually be leaked to Israel's enemies, perhaps under a Sanders administration?
- adventured 7y agoThere are only three plausible reasons. 1) There are flaws in the code that they don't want to reveal to the US (perhaps it doesn't work as they've claimed, or it's more fragile/easily defeated than currently thought). 2) If the code leaked (for any reason), it could open up weaknesses for an adversary. 3) There is something extraordinary in the software, to Israel's benefit, that they don't want anyone else to have. This seems less likely than the other two.
- helge9210 7y ago4) Or they just lost it (with all the backups) and are ashamed to admit it
- RhodesianHunter 7y ago> perhaps under a Sanders administration I'm curious why you felt it necessary to add this bit, given the innumerable OPSEC blunders of the current administration.
- dmurray 7y agoNothing to do with opsec competence, I was thinking a Sanders administration would be less favourable for Israel than most.
- NicoJuicy 7y agoPerhaps under Trump and Russia? :) That administration is the biggest mess I have ever witnessed.