Caught on Tape: Stealing America's Secrets
(CBS) This story was originally published on Feb. 28, 2010. It was updated on Aug. 29, 2010.
The recently revealed Russian spy ring sounded like something out of a Cold War thriller. But the reality of today's espionage is that China has just as good a spy network in the United States.
And you are going to see a Chinese spy caught red-handed, taking American military secrets from an employee of the Defense Department. If China is the Asian dragon, then it has awakened to compete with the United States all around the world for resources, markets and strategic advantage.
As we showed you when we first broadcast this story earlier this year, the Chinese are also shopping for information ranging from U.S. nuclear weapons designs to the inside deliberations of the Obama White House. Because of the nature of espionage, you never get a look at this clandestine underworld but recently the FBI recorded a Chinese agent stealing America's secrets...
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[Webmaster - I guess you can only sell military technology to China if you are Bill Clinton.]
