Another Chinese spy ring cracked.
In the wake of the Kristina Leung affair, we now know that China has been stealing Aegis and other secrets from the US Navy for about fifteen years. We have apparently just stopped that ring. (*)
It looks like China might now be able to track US submarines.
Unknown is how many other of these rings are out there.
Perhaps this is a hopeful sign that the post-9/11 counterintelligence efforts are taking root. Maybe the current path is working, and we don’t need an MI5-type agency. Is the NCIX up to the job? (†) Does it have enough authority to get the job done?
Secondly, we need to reevaluate our free trade with China policy. Why are we shipping our capital and knowhow overseas into China when China sees itself as our military rival?
Updated.