China's spies 'very aggressive' threat to U.S./ Moonie Times

[TexasLawyer]

The anti-China rhetoric seems to be heating up lately...

China's spies 'very aggressive' threat to U.S.

By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
March 6, 2007

China's intelligence services are among the most aggressive at spying on the United States, followed by Cuban, Russian and Iranian spy agencies, according to the U.S. government's top counterintelligence coordinator.

"These services are eating our lunch," Joel F. Brenner, the new head of the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, said in his first interview since being named to the counterspy post in August. Mr. Brenner, a former inspector general at the National Security Agency, told The Washington Times that the U.S. remains the No. 1 target of "virtually every significant espionage service on the face of the Earth."

China's intelligence activities have been "very aggressive" at acquiring U.S. advanced technology, often before it is fully developed here. "The technology bleed to China, among others, is a very serious problem," he said, noting that the FBI is improving its efforts to identify and protect sensitive technology.

Beijing also succeeded in penetrating, and thus frustrating, U.S. intelligence against China through Katrina Leung, a Los Angeles businesswoman who was a long-time FBI informant secretly loyal to Beijing, Mr. Brenner said.

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http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070306-122226-3827r.htm

[MadMaddie]

1. Well I have no doubt the the * administration is selling our secrets

to the highest bidder...yes I said it...they are selling America's soul for profit.

I don't think the Chinese or any other country has to try to hard to get information from our government in the current state it's in. This administration's goal was to drown government in a bathtub and they have done just that.

We are moving towards the bottom of the list in every catagory so why not this one?

[TexasLawyer]

2. The "Leung case" looks totally juicy

How did I miss this one? Was it ever in the news?

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Currently, the NCIX is conducting a damage assessment of the Leung spy case, examining how Leung secretly spied for China by sexually entrapping two of the FBI's most senior counterspies, FBI agents James J. Smith and Bill Cleveland.

The Leung case was a "very serious espionage case," Mr. Brenner said, a view that contrasts with that of FBI officials who have sought to play down the spy case, saying it was mainly about improper sexual relations between the FBI informant and her handlers. Leung, through her lawyers, has denied spying for China.

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[BayCityProgressive]

3. please

they just want an excuse for another arms race...more money for the military/industrial complex.