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8:23AM Check Point acquisition faces U.S. probe (CHKP) 21.34 : Washington Post and the Associated Press note that corresponding with the Bush administration's national security investigation of another Dubai-owned co set to take over plants in Georgia and Connecticut that make precision components used in engines for military aircraft, it is also investigating Check Point Software's plans to buy Maryland software-security firm Sourcefire, which does business with Dept. of Defense agencies. The AP says that Check Point and Sourcefire declined to comment, as did the F.B.I. and the Dept. of Justice. A.P. cites a source who says that Sourcefire be approximately $128.83 mln vs. $127.01 mln consensus