Even Snowden's examples of economic spying were remarkable in their extent, but hardly surprising for those hardened to modern diplomacy.
American officials and corporate trade groups say they fear economic spying will increase as China's quest for Western know-how spreads from military systems to everyday commercial technologies.
If the choice is between a missile and a cyber-weapon, the latter is preferable.Working for Main Street, not MThe other problem with cyber-weapons is that they encourage economic spying of a sort that has less to do with national security than corporate profits.
Along with David Miranda, I testified yesterday before a Committee of the Brazilian Senate investigating NSA spying, and beyond our latest revelations about economic spying aimed at Brazil, one of the issues discussed was the war on press freedoms being waged by the US and UK governments to prevent reporting of these stories.
These programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation.
In the past year alone, charges have been dropped against five Chinese-born scientists accused of crimes related to trade secrets theft or economic spying.
Advocates allege that Xi is among a growing number of scientists who have been targeted improperly in a Justice Department campaign against economic spying and trade secrets theft.
SANS found that cyber espionage is most likely to be committed by foreign states against the U.S., with a specific emphasis on economic spying to gain advantages in multinational deals.
Charges were later dropped," Hvistendahl wrote, but "[a]dvocates allege that Xi is among a growing number of scientists who have been targeted improperly in a Justice Department campaign against economic spying and trade secrets theft".
While Luke Collins provides the cultural context for "The Avengers," "The Saint" and "The Prisoner," the economic context is another story ["Spy Versus Spy Versus Spy," July 4].
