From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Now it can be fairly pointed out that we don't trust the *entire* Middle
East 

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/03/24/76772_HNcheckpointwithdraws_1.html

Check Point Software Technologies, an Internet security company, on
Thursday withdrew its application to acquire intrusion-prevention firm
Sourcefire amid protests over the deal by some U.S. government offices.

The two companies plan to pursue alternative business partnerships instead,
Check Point said in a statement.

The trouble appears to be that Check Point is foreign-owned and Sourcefire
technology is used to protect the computer assets of the U.S. Department of
Defense (DOD) and the U.S. National Security Agency. According to reports,
both DOD and U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation have objected to the
sale, questioning whether it's in the interest of national security to have
that technology owned by a foreign company.

Check Point is an Israeli-owned company and the deal with Sourcefire fell
under the review of the Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S.

The founder of Sourcefire, Martin Roesch, led the development of Snort an
open source intrusion-detection and prevention software on which most of
Sourcefire's technology is based.

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