It’s heart-warming to know that outsourced call center and outsourced IT workers in third-world countries can now work in cubicles and get paid acceptable wages derived from American corporations, at the cost of American jobs.

But here’s something to think about …

What happens when terrorist organizations infiltrate the overseas outsourcing companies? Are there checks and measures in place to prevent unscrupulous individuals and organizations from misdirecting personal data from the call centers and sabotaging code in the IT shops? What heinous leaks will we find out (or not find out) about months or years from now?

Who’s to say that it hasn’t happened already?

I’m all for exporting culture, Coca-Cola, and Levis. America’s entertainment, food, and clothing industry might stand to gain from educating, feeding, and clothing the folks in the overseas call centers … but can anyone guess how much of the content consumed by those workers is, in fact, pirated? Perhaps those staunch defenders of overseas outsourcing might stroll to the bazaar and see if the DVD movies, software, and clothing is authentic.

And oh yeah … Levi’s aren’t made in America anymore … if only the company created a marketing campaign around a line of “Made In The USA” jeans, perhaps they could open a factory on these shores again.

Here’s another wild take on how IT outsourcing might actually help America …

How about taxing the daylights out of the offshore outsourcing companies to pay for enhancements to the FBI, CIA, and NSA to deal with this increased threat … then we might be onto something.

Hmmmm … a way for the pols to have both eggs in their basket (rather than on their face) and eat them, too.