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Pentagon probes lapse in Boeing security credentials for Air Force One - WSJ
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is scrutinizing why Boeing Co employees worked on current and future Air Force One planes without the security credentials required for the highly classified jets, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Pentagon officials and Boeing have also been examining for how long the workers lacked current security credentials, the report said, citing an official and a person familiar with the matter. The report said the security lapse involved about 250 Boeing… (www.msn.com) עוד...
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How easy would it be to secretly attach some type of small spyware device to the internal wiring. The Chinese have the ability to easily penetrate any contractor...and probably already have. It's sad.
Similar to the set-up for the 1978 book By the Rivers of Babylon by Nelson Demille. 1978s tech inserted into two El Al airliners during construction. Their versions of our Air Force One. This security lapse is serious. I wonder what's going on with other US military contractors.
With AF One being the most security-sensitive "public" project currently being undertaken, how could the AF and Boeing overlook such a critical requirement?
Does this mean we're going to have to look for FOD in the aircraft as well, just like the new tankers because Boeings oversight is obviously seriously lacking in all aspects?