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Same weapons we have. we don't want to have a level playing field. we want to have the upper hand. our mission is to protect the war fighter and in the end they protect us. when i first saw the website, it was like a bad 80s television commercial. it really was sloppy. it was like an amazon or ebay of pirating software, but this is technology that isn't off the shelf. it's not available to even u.s. citizens. it was pretty clear this was a threat to national security. >> our first investigative step was to send an email. we asked to purchase satellite toolkit for 1 thousand dollars. the retail...

So in december of 2009 i had joined the investigations unit for hsi in philadelphia. it sounds very technical, but all it is is just try to prevent u.s. technology from getting into the wrong hands. >> illegal acquisitions of u.s. goods and technology can assist our adversaries in harming u.s. soldiers. citizens and allies. >> basically what we do is we go out to companies all around the country so that they know who we are and can call us if they see any wrongdoing. so my first outreach was to a company called agi. they're a u.s. defense contractor. and they produce complex three-dimensional ...