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I suspect that means they only allow US Citizens into the facility that houses the servers.

And verification of citizenship for all who require logins. This was SOP at Lockheed.

A "U.S. Person" has a specific meaning in this context:

* a citizen of the United States

* an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence

* an unincorporated association with a substantial number of members who are citizens of the U.S. or are aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence

* a corporation that is incorporated in the U.S.

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_person

So that policy is there just so that you can never hire any foreign contractors right? Something about security theather...