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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported last week that Boeing Co. has fired an employee at its St. Louis facility for "having a conversation" with the newspaper about the company's ability to protect its computers from fraud and manipulation. The newspaper ran an investigative story in July on the subject, although it does not confirm whether it used information from the fired employee. A company spokesman, Tom Downey, told the newspaper it had no comment on personnel matters and he also demurred when asked whether Boeing was conducting surveillance of employees. Boeing employs roughly 5,000 people in the Philadelphia area.

- Thomas Ginsberg