[A. Pole]

Or, how about we take a real world example: Rare earth magnets. There was a single place in the US that produced those magnets until a Chinese company bought them out. Those jobs are headed to China. Why does this matter? Because rare earth magnets help the fins on a cruise missile adjust to the terrain changes mandated by its guidance system. We now source these magnets from China.

Why the guy who sells a copy of a bluprint for such technology will be convicted for espionage and treason, when people who relocate the whole factory get the fat bonuses and praise for free market attitude?

[RinaseaofDs]

Exactly. Paging Bernie Ebbers . . .

[ninenot]

Well--the fellow who sold the Company in question is a Well-Connected Washington DC type. Help any?