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by alephnerd 835 days ago
The American government will spy, but will not explicitly spy to provide IP directly to a private company like Boeing or Lockheed, as this enters felony level corruption territory due to the Procurement Integrity Act, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

The main difference is DGSE would explicitly attempt to steal American IP and then provide it to Thales or Dassault.
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greatpatton 835 days ago
They may not provide direct R&D details but they will provide direct information about offers price, negotiation status etc. This is part of the Snowden leaks that people seems to have completely forgotten.

https://wikileaks.org/nsa-france/spyorder/#spyorder2

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alephnerd 835 days ago
IANAL but Competitive Intel around pricing and SKUs isn't IP except in certain cases.

If they were, just about every single private sector company globally would be guilty of IP infringement, let alone Public-Private Partnerships like the ones I mentioned.

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ramblenode 835 days ago
Intelligence agencies often have their own interpretation of the law, which coincidentally allows them to do what they want.

And if you don't like that, you can sue them in the special intelligence court where the evidence cannot be revealed, the proceedings are secret, and the judges are very unbiased.

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