Roger Clegg sends the following, which I post with permission:
According to The Atlantic Wire, “A 2005 report from the Defense Science Board warned that in buying weapon circuitry overseas, ‘trojan horse’ chips could find their way into American weapons, potentially prompting missiles to detonate early or computers to shut down in the event of an attack. Then, in 2008, an investigation by Business Week revealed that this was, in fact, happening — fake Chinese microchips were crashing American military networks.” Among the causes: Business Week “found that money and ‘affirmative-action goals’ steered government equipment buyers away from the most trusted manufacturers ….”
Many of us have long known that affirmative action undermines the fundamental American principle of treating all individuals without regard to their race, but who knew that it is also a threat to national security!
