Charles Bass Quotes
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There are things I want to get done, and If I can reconnect where I was before, working on the issues I'm interested in, that's exciting to me.
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Like any good spy novel, the Cox Report alleges that Chinese spies penetrated four U.S. weapons research labs and stole important information on seven nuclear warhead designs.
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The Cox Committee found that the Chinese military acquired many of the technologies over the past seven years, although many of them had been targeted for acquisition for more than a quarter century.
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The committee's finding that China stole sensitive technology from U.S. weapons research labs is alarming.
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But I think the global economy will understand that the United States has the ability to meet its obligations. But it's not going to be able to do it over the long term if we can't control the growth of government.
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As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I will be participating in several hearings on the startling revelations contained in the report.
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I am in the process of trying to decide whether I can make a substantive and productive contribution to the policy-making process. I was always there because I wanted to work on the pressing issues of the day - I'm interested in energy, I'm interested in the climate bill and technology policy.
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The Intelligence Committee will also examine present counterintelligence programs for the Department of Energy, the National Laboratories, and the Department of Defense.
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These children should be enrolled in Independent Living programs designed by state and local governments to prepare them to enter the workplace, or attend college, and successfully manage their lives.
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But the technology was accessible, which suggests incompetence on the part of our counterintelligence community and the Clinton Administration, and may in fact rise to the level of treason.
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State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide them with financial assistance, as needed, until they reach age 21.
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The U.S. government knew that China wanted to acquire sensitive U.S. technology, and instead of implementing a policy to prevent them from acquiring the information, the government all but gave them an invitation to take our equipment and designs.
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Many foster children have had difficulty making the transition to independent living. Several are homeless, become single parents, commit crimes, or live in poverty. They are also frequent targets of crime.
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The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995.
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Most of the major increases in the debt ceiling have been accompanied by structural changes in the way we raise and spend money.
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China has legally purchased high performance computers, advanced machine tools, and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment from several American companies.
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As the war on terrorism spreads and prolongs, the fruits of ending the threat of terrorism around the world will be tempered with a whole new series of problems to be addressed and resolved.
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There is a difference between strategic or technical default and default where you really don't have the economy to support the spending. We are not at that point yet. We could be. We could be, like some European nations.
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The Cox Report documents a systematic, well-planned effort by the Chinese military at the highest levels to target and acquire technology for military modernization.
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Despite the best of efforts, many foster children are neither reunited with their families, nor adopted.
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What are the implications of a China that may be on nuclear parity with the United States?
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For four years, I listened to stories of intelligence failures, and it wasn't due to incompetence of anyone in the system, but that the system is so arcane.
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In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force.
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The committee discloses that even after the U.S. government learned of the diversion of U.S. designs for nuclear warheads in late 1995, the Clinton Administration failed to take steps immediately to improve security.
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Why did the Clinton Administration continue to liberalize export controls on sensitive technologies even after it learned that China had stolen designs?
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Since 1998, the Administration has begun to upgrade counterintelligence and security at U.S. weapons labs.
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