FBI spy chief asks private sector for help

[True_Blue]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The FBI's leader in spy catching used a rare public appearance Thursday to ask American business to help stop the theft of U.S. business and technology secrets.

FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence David Szady, cited Russia, Iran, Cuba and North Korea among countries he said engage in espionage against the United States, but he focused heavily on activities by Chinese.

"There are 150,000 students from China. Some of those are sent here to work their way up into the corporations," Szady said. There are about 300,000 Chinese visitors annually, and 15,000 Chinese delegations touring the United States every year, 3,500 of them in the New York area alone, he said.

Szady, one of the speakers at the three-day National Intelligence Conference and Exposition in Arlington, Virginia, said it is important for companies and institutions to know with whom they are working.
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[Wilber_Stool]

1. For a minute there

I thought they were going to say they lost a couple of lap tops and could we please look around for them.