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Ex-employee of Lockheed uncovers security flaws on US Coast Guard patrol boats on YouTube.

Mr. De Kort used YouTube as an outlet for his frustration with what he calls serious security issues on some patrol boats of the Coast Guard. After being laid off by Lockheed Martin, his employer, he decided that it was time to come in the open about.

"It may be very hard for you to believe that our government and the largest defense contractor in the world [are] capable of such alarming incompetence and can make ethical compromises as glaring as what I am going to describe." he stated in his home made clip.

The story was picked up by the Washington Post and I found it via the eastwikkers blog.

Apart from the fact that YouTube can be used to point to issues or be used by disgruntled employees or "whistle-blowers" (I do not imply that Mr. De Kort fits any of these descriptions), the reaction from different sources was also interesting to note....

From the "we have taken appropriate action... (corporate speak follows)" from the Coast Guard to the "I want to make sure that the product we paid for is a product that does not jeopardize our men and women in service," politically correct response from a politician.

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