[Enchante]

"The contractor puts on the show and rather than getting praise, he gets horrified looks and... and what? Is he asked to destroy the software? Or the information? Who was he?"

We're far from having all the details, but we are told that a contractor named James Smith says not only was the contract abruptly terminated but he was fired from his company because of the DOD's frenzied response to the chart on loss of sensitive technologies to China:

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1473116/posts?page=184#184 Sources said the private contractors, using sophisticated computer software that sifts through massive amounts of raw data to establish patterns, came up with a chart of Chinese strategic and business connections in the U.S. -snip- The China chart was put together by James Smith, who confirmed yesterday that his contract with the military was canceled and he was fired from his company because the military brass became concerned about the focus on U.S. citizens. -snip- "It was shut down in a matter of hours. The colonel said our service was no longer needed and told me: 'You just ended my career.' "

[GOPJ]

The China chart was put together by James Smith, who confirmed yesterday that his contract with the military was canceled and he was fired from his company because the military brass became concerned about the focus on U.S. citizens. -snip- "It was shut down in a matter of hours. The colonel said our service was no longer needed and told me: 'You just ended my career.' "

This is going to be big...

[bvw]

The colonel said our service was no longer needed and told me: 'You just ended my career.' "

Friggin wimpy statement, that of the Colonel and one that put the blame were it did not belong. Blame doesn't roll downwards.