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2003-08-05 East Asia

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Posted by Frank G 2003-08-05 11:41:50 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The FBI responded to the foreign threat by putting counterintelligence squads in all FBI field divisions

Yeah, that's reassuring. Why don't these pointy-headed government types create and implement procedures to weed out security risks? Having foreign nationals working with sensitive information and technology is an invitation for trouble, especially when they are from China, the main military adversary of the U.S. If access to this type of work has to be restricted to citizens to improve security then this needs to be done without delay. Who knows what other spies are lurking in other venues where similar research is being performed?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-8-5 12:32:20 PM|| 2003-8-5 12:32:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Having foreign nationals working with sensitive information and technology is an invitation for trouble, especially when they are from China, the main military adversary of the U.S.

The problem, as usual, is from professors who won't cooperate. They don't care about national security - all they worry about is writing that next research paper and getting tenure.

At the same time, I wouldn't exaggerate the scale of the threat from Chinese espionage. During the late 40's and early 50's, the Soviets had many highly-placed spies in the State Department and in the defense research establishment - all of far higher caliber than the crop of Chinese spies who have been unearthed to date. Guess who won the Cold War? The good thing about doing counter-espionage on Chinese spies is that they're readily identifiable in a way that Soviet spies were not, meaning we'll have an easier time tracking them and their contacts.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-8-5 12:47:43 PM|| 2003-8-5 12:47:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Goodness, spread some disinformation around. Let the Chinese have a few incidents due to faulty design, and they'll learn to do their own damned R&D.

Posted by Ray 2003-8-5 5:43:11 PM|| [http://campuscgi.princeton.edu/~ray/weblog/] 2003-8-5 5:43:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 The good thing about doing counter-espionage on Chinese spies is that they're readily identifiable in a way that Soviet spies were not, meaning we'll have an easier time tracking them and their contacts.

Not all Chinese collaborators are foreign nationals.

The traitor scum at Lockheed and Boeing, protected by a phony National Security policy mandating a 'dual contractor system for Pentagon aquisitions, play all sides when it comes to weapons and technology sales.

Russia is continually rewarded with new arms contracts with American companies (Boeing, Lockheed), direct aid, technology exchanges (International Space Station), and continued access to weapons labs, NATO functions, and high level G-8 meetings.

Why do we tolerate this?

Russia continues to manufacture large quantities of its second-best weapons systems for export to China, Iran, India, Syria, Egypt, Cuba, North Korea, and various smaller allies in Africa and Latin America. These weapons include millions of small arms, tanks, and artillery, as well as submarines, destroyers, fighters, ballistic missiles, and anti-aircraft/missile defense systems for the wealthier nations. Russia exports nuclear, biological and chemical weapons technology to a few select allies as well. It is the secret supplier of choice to all major terrorist groups in the world, though often Middle Eastern middlemen handle the actual transactions. Yet, the US continues to claim that Russia is an ally in the âwar against terror.â

The second largest proliferator of missile and weapons technology to enemies of the West is China, often working as a surrogate for Russia.

Russia and China play "competing adversaries" in order to effectively deal with nations who may have some antipathy for either Russia or China.

Those nations that dislike Russia (like Pakistan) deal with China, and those that dislike China (India) deal with Russia. Often China takes charge of the proliferation when Russia wants to appear as if it is "in compliance" with various treaties or wishes to cozy up to the US.

That is why currently China is taking Russiaâs traditional place as weapons and technology supplier in North Korea, Cuba, Panama and Venezuela. Both Russia and China are supplying Iran.

The US State Department accuses Lockheed Martin of giving sensitive rocket technology to China in breach of US export controls. 1999

Corporate apologists, defend your traitors.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-8-6 12:33:25 AM|| 2003-8-6 12:33:25 AM|| Front Page Top

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