[expat_panama]

The only reason this question has come up is that the transnational beancounters can't cope with a few nano-seconds of "lost" compound interest.

I must have missed that part in the article.   The part I read had to do with the gps and computer systems hanging up-- those things are a lot of work to program.

[Willie Green]

The part I read had to do with the gps and computer systems hanging up-- those things are a lot of work to program.

It's gotta be a smokescreen.
There's no credible evidence that transnational business interests have any real concern over national security issues. The truth is, they scoff at the concept of defending national sovereignty. Much too "protectionist" for them.