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[spydglide]

Unless you're a politician.....then all bets are off, huh?  har!  [smiley=huepfenlol2.gif] spyder

[RedFXR2]

Unless you're a politician.....then all bets are off, huh?  har!  [smiley=huepfenlol2.gif] spyder

True.  Entirely different cultures.

[RJ749]

I think it's called JOB SECURITY....

Big time job security and I think that hits it on the head.  You let as few people in on it as possible and you treat it like the military and securty clearance is taken very seriously.  In this day of corporate availability to information, a corporation that has taken the steps to build an Iconic brand can not afford leaks.

Car companies have done it for years and so has the MoCo, it's just part of their culture and the employees take pride in it, as well they should.  Who would want to be the Grinch that stole Xmas?

[RedFXR2]

....it's just part of their culture and the employees take pride in it, as well they should.

Bingo.  Defense workers don't take all that stuff to the grave only because they've been told to.

[Dr. Evil]

I work for the government.  Believe me I understand all that...  But wouldn't ya think over one too many beers one night that someone might slip and tell a "buddy" or a neighbor something?  Or a janitor might see something he shouldn't?  Or a catering company setting up might see some paperwork left on a conference table?  8-)

[RedFXR2]

 But wouldn't ya think over one too many beers one night that someone might slip and tell a "buddy" or a neighbor something?  Or a janitor might see something he shouldn't?  Or a catering company setting up might see some paperwork left on a conference table?  8-)

Until I lived it I wondered the same thing.  I've had too many beers on several occasions with colleagues and others and somehow, something kicks in and keeps all that stuff from coming up.  (couldn't always say that about the beer )

Janitors?--where I was, they had clearances as well.  But we also burned all of our papers at the end of each day anyway, so there wasn't much left lying around to be seen.  Even little slips of paper with phone numbers/messages on them.  There never would have been anything like caterers or vendors in the facilities I was in.  They don't call these places "black holes" for nothing.

It becomes a personal ownership thing--even if you're not happy with the company.  There have been leaks and will be more, some intentional, some not, but they're rare.

[RJ749]

I work for the government.  Believe me I understand all that...  But wouldn't ya think over one too many beers one night that someone might slip and tell a "buddy" or a neighbor something?  Or a janitor might see something he shouldn't?  Or a catering company setting up might see some paperwork left on a conference table?  8-)

Porsche is similar in this regard and trust me, after you have your passport taken at the gate and sign a waiver that you won't talk about anything and then they don't let you see anything anyway, to the point that little trolls are running ahead of you covering "secret" projects with tarps etc. you get the picture that you aren't going to hear much leaked.  Anyway not anything of significance.

Elsewhere, someone posted about "many 6 speed trans and 95's being stockpiled" we can all guess what that is about but until we see it in mid July, we won't know anything for sure.

Besides, it wouldn't be the same if you could find out what the new stuff is....would it?  I don't think so anyway.

[RJ749]

Interestingly here is an article on the Coke/Pepsi recipe theft.

A direct quote from the article which speaks to the importance of corporate security:Chief executive Neville Isdell said in a memo to employees Wednesday that the company is cooperating with federal authorities.

“Sadly, today’s arrests include an individual within our company,” Isdell wrote. “[highlight]While this breach of trust is difficult for all of us to accept, it underscores the responsibility we each have to be vigilant in protecting our trade secrets. [size=20]Information is the lifeblood of the company[/size].”[/highlight]

He said Coke will review its information protection policies, procedures and practices to make sure it safeguards intellectual property. Coke spokesman Ben Deutsch said the formula for trademark Coca-Cola was not stolen in the theft.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13722797/?GT1=8307

[Fired00d]

Being prior military and having had a secret clearance I do understand the importance of keeping secrets. Now being a public safety officer and having to go at times in cases of emergency places that aren't readily available to the public you can sometimes be subjected to things you shouldn't see. We have a few military installations that we have to provide fire protection for and when we have gone on inspections and familiarization tours I can relate to the "trolls" running around in front of you. Nothing like being announced as "Unsecured On Board" and having people stop working and covering up papers and computer screens. Makes you think if this place ever was to catch on fire you might want to surround and drown it versus going in and seeing something you shouldn't have and have to go through all the red tape.

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Fired00d
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[RJ749]

I just got this from an unnamed source......it may be the new  [smiley=cherry.gif] CVO servicar.

If the shoe fits [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]

[amigo Jorge]

I just got this from an unnamed source......it may be the new  [smiley=cherry.gif] CVO servicar.

If the shoe fits [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]

This was good....... [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif] Or maybe the '07 comes with triple-cam? [smiley=nixweiss.gif]

[06ULTRASE]

I heard a juicy rumor today, 07 CVO's will have 1800CC motors. Now wouldn't that be nice.   [smiley=jalapeno.gif]

[tattoocrazy]

Ok, here’s a “story” I heard from a person who worked for the Motor Co.  I don’t know if it’s true or not.  But, they have worked for there for many years and had no reason that I can think of to make it up.  They said that in the past when you first went to work you signed confidentiality agreement.  However after 5, 10 or 20 years some people seemed to forget about it.  As the story goes, someone during the preparations for the 95th Anniversary Celebration (June 98) rode a ’99 Bagger down to the site to work with some HOG volunteers.   Needless to say some of the more observant HOG members noticed the then New Twin Cam!  

Now they re-sign agreements every year and District Managers and such who work out of their homes must also have their spouse sign an agreement as well.

There was a time were I knew quite a lot by now, but not anymore!  Just like everything, there’s always someone who screws it up for everyone else!  

[RJ749]

There was a time were I knew quite a lot by now, but not anymore!  Just like everything, [highlight]there’s always someone who screws it up for everyone else[/highlight]!  

Isn't that the truth!

[RJ749]

After the recent secrecy agreement the MoCo put this out as a new CVO model to see if anyone would bite and release the pic......

Naturally I would