China's Spying Overwhelms U.S. Counterintelligence

[OhioChick]

Source: Yahoo News/Bloomberg

Mon Apr 2, 7:09 AM ET

April 2 (Bloomberg) -- In a Santa Ana, California, courtroom, 66-year-old engineer Chi Mak listens to federal prosecutors describe how he and his family stole secrets from his employer, L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. The alleged target: data about Navy submarine engines that run silently to avoid detection.

U.S. intelligence officials say the Mak case is unusual -- not in the nature of the charges brought against him, but that charges were brought at all.

For every person caught and accused of passing U.S. military and trade secrets to China, they say, scores of others go undetected. Taking advantage of an outmanned counterintelligence effort drained and distracted by the wars in Iraq and against al-Qaeda, current and former officials say, China has systematically managed to gain sensitive information on U.S. nuclear bombs and ship and missile designs.

``Iraq and the struggle with terrorism are sucking resources across the board,'' says Joel Brenner, the top counterintelligence official in the office of Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell. Meanwhile, ``the Chinese are really making a run at us.''



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[indepat]

1. The uber-right-wing cabal at work keeping us safe

[Ezlivin]

2. So THAT explains the accuracy of my fortune cookies

I knew that they couldn't just be guessing at my name, address and phone number.

[hogwyld]

3. I just came back from China

I was having DU withdrawals as it was an "illegal" site. I was on occasion able to waltz my way through the firewall, but information is a tightly guarded secret over there.

[damntexdem]

4. Those Chinese spies just don't play fair with Bushista counterintelligence:

they just don't speak Arabic. ;-)

(Of course, counterintelligence is such a lovely characterization of the Bushistas themselves.)

[ngant17]

6. military intelligence is an oxymoron

and the Dept. of Defense doesn't have the slightest idea of what China is doing.

[fujiyama]

7. Hell you think they care if they speal Arabic?

If they speak Arabic, but *gasp* are gay, they get fired.

Or if they even have a loved one that dares to question them, they get their cover blown, even if they are covert...

I agree with your last statement. Well stated.

[madrchsod]

5. but they are are our new best friends

so what`s it hurt if they steal some secrets? do`t you know the multi-national corporations/us government has our best interests at heart?

[BeFree]

8. Yet, the US

Taps MY friggin' phone! Reads my internet traffic and sets up road blocks to catch me with my seat belt off.

Something is seriously wrong.