Is Israel's booming high-tech industry a branch of the Mossad?

"In 2006 the Check Point Software Technologies company, which specializes in protecting computer systems from hackers and data theft, wanted to acquire an American company called Sourcefire, which works in the same field. The great advantage of Sourcefire was that its clients include the American Defense Department and the National Security Agency. The U.S. administration, however, by means of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, did not approve the acquisition.

The committee made its decision based on an opinion by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and NSA security officers. The two organizations were afraid that Check Point, which was founded by Gil Shwed and fellow graduates of Unit 8200, the Israel Defense Forces' high-tech intelligence unit, would have access to top-secret information, which it could pass on to Israel's intelligence community."

"80 percent of all American telephone transmissions are conducted by means of the Israeli companies' technology, know-how and accessibility"

"The Israeli companies were largely established by graduates of 8200, and therefore he says they are connected by their umbilical cords to Israeli intelligence"

Zdroj:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/is-israel-s-booming-high-tech-industry-a-branch-of-the-mossad-1.255520