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Check Point calls off Sourcefire buy
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-03-24

Security company Check Point Software Technologies called off its planned $225 million acquisition of intrusion-prevention firm Sourcefire on Thursday, a week before a federal watchdog was scheduled to release a report which insiders say would have blocked the merger on the grounds of national-security interests.

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Check Point calls off Sourcefire buy 2006-03-24
Anonymous
This makes absolutely no sense, the Government cries "Foreign Control issues" as the reason why this is a bad idea. Last time I checked Israel owed its entire existence to us, and they are an allied nation. The CFIUS has effectively just said "We don't trust the Israelis" I'm sure this will bode e...

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