TAIWAN: CHINA'S USING H-1B PROGRAM TO PLACE HIGH TECH SPIES

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U.S. GOV'T CRITICIZED FOR HIRING FOREIGN HIGH-TECH SPIES

09/26/2000 Central News Agency (Taiwan) Copyright (C) 2000; Source: World Reporter (TM) - Asia Intelligence Wire

Washington, Sept. 25 (CNA) While American companies are lobbying Congress to allow them to hire more foreign high-tech workers to meet demand, an anti-immigration organization pointed out Monday that there is another, more frightening aspect to the problem, namely "the U.S. government hiring foreign high-tech spies." Federation for American Immigration Reform wrote in its September 2000 edition of "Immigration Report" that the U.S. government contracts out much of its sensitive defense and computer work to companies that hire Communist Chinese citizens to do their work. Over 250 mainland Chinese citizens now work at companies with defense contracts, such as Texas Instruments, Sun Microsystems, Raytheon, and Cisco Systems. Experts are worried about the potential for high-tech espionage. "It should be obvious that the Beijing government sponsors these professionals," national security expert Robert Maginnis was quoted as saying. "Why else would China permit highly educated, young, and motivated professionals to leave the country? The Communists understand that work at U.S. high-tech firms provides ready access to valuable information," he added. Al Santoli, a House aide and critic of the Clinton administration's China policies, concurred, claiming that "it's absolutely a national security disaster, and Congress has not been vigorous in its oversight responsibilities." Meanwhile, the federation noted that U.S. government experts have warned that Beijing has engaged in an aggressive modernization of its military, acquiring missile, satellite, and aircraft technologies through espionage. According to a bipartisan House commission headed by Rep. Christopher Cox (R-Cal.), China stole various classified U.S. technologies during the 1990s. "The PRC uses Chinese nationals hired by U.S. firms for that purpose," said the Cox report published in May 1999. The report added that the Clinton administration refused to let the commission make public the evidence due to national security concerns. (By Nelson Chung)

-- K (infosurf@yahoo.com), September 26, 2000

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AMAZING,Clinton wont release the report for security reasons and in the meantime there are 250 Chinese working in sensitive Govt. operations.It is AMAZING is it not.More than that, to me it strains all reason!!!!!!!!

-- jax (jax@borg.com), September 26, 2000.

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