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Armed illegals stalked Border Patrol - Washington Times

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Armed illegals stalked Border Patrol - Washington Times

A Life Saved in China

noreply@blogger.com (Staff) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks to Congressman Joe Pitts that brought this news item to our attention today:

A life saved in China

On Thursday, November 13, Radio Free Asia and the Uyghur Human Rights Project reported that Chinese authorities tried to pressure Arzigul Tursun, a Uyghur ethnic minority, who is 26 weeks pregnant with her third child, to have an abortion. When she refused and fled her home, authorities interrogated and threatened her relatives and took her back into custody on November 11. According to the reports, the authorities forced a relative to sign a document authorizing the abortion—which was originally scheduled for Thursday, November 13.

She escaped the hospital, but authorities captured her again. After international awareness was raised about the issue and I and my colleague, Rep. Chris Smith, issued statements urging the Chinese authorities to keep the abortion from happening, Tursun was released on November 18. I am pleased that this woman was not forced into ending the life of her child against her will, and I am pleased this case has brought international attention to a brutal practice in China that has no place in a civil society.

Panel: China has accelerated computer espionage

noreply@blogger.com (Staff) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:16:00 +0000

This is yet another sign of the times with the Government of China being an actual threat to the national security of the United States. Read this AP story for your self and see if you agree.

WASHINGTON -- China has accelerated computer espionage attacks on the U.S. government, defense contractors and American businesses, a congressional advisory panel said Thursday.

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission also said in its annual report to lawmakers that aggressive Chinese space programs are allowing Beijing to more effectively target U.S. military forces.

"China is stealing vast amounts of sensitive information from U.S. computer networks," said Larry Wortzel, chairman of the commission set up by Congress in 2000 to advise, investigate and report on U.S.-China issues.

The commission of six Democrats and six Republicans said in the unanimously approved report that China's massive military modernization and its "impressive but disturbing" space and computer warfare capabilities "suggest China is intent on expanding its sphere of control even at the expense of its Asian neighbors and the United States."

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China is Still Spying on US

noreply@blogger.com (Staff) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:15:00 +0000

This Fox News story shows that China remains a threat to the free world. By hacking into the World bank this summer, they are demonstrating unrelenting aggression.

World Bank Under Cyber Siege in 'Unprecedented Crisis'
Friday , October 10, 2008

By Richard Behar

The World Bank Group's computer network — one of the largest repositories of sensitive data about the economies of every nation — has been raided repeatedly by outsiders for more than a year, FOX News has learned.

It is still not known how much information was stolen. But sources inside the bank confirm that servers in the institution's highly-restricted treasury unit were deeply penetrated with spy software last April. Invaders also had full access to the rest of the bank's network for nearly a month in June and July.

In total, at least six major intrusions — two of them using the same group of IP addresses originating from China — have been detected at the World Bank since the summer of 2007, with the most recent breach occurring just last month.

Read the rest of this eye opening artical here....

Upcoming USIC Events

noreply@blogger.com (Staff) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:22:00 +0000

This is a reminder that there a couple of events coming up in the on our calendar in the near future. We hope that you can attend one or both events.

July 4, 2008
Our friends at the Leadership Institute, in conjunction with generous conservative sponsors, invites you to attend
The 36th Annual Conservative Fourth of July Soirée
Bull Run Park - Centreville, VA
12PM – 5PM
USIC Staff will be in attendance.

July 8, 2008
Capital Hill Briefing on the China Threat
Topic: Offshore Oil, China No! USA Yes!
Also, Review of Pentagon China Report
RSVP Required to info@usintelligencecouncil.org

N.O. resident pleads guilty in Chinese spy case

noreply@blogger.com (Staff) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:36:00 +0000

Editor's note: This is what you call an active epionage network.

by David Hammer, The Times-Picayune
Tuesday May 13, 2008, 8:25 PM

A U.S. citizen who hailed from Taiwan and lived in southeast Louisiana for decades pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to pass American military secrets to the Chinese government.

Tai Shen Kuo, 58, a businessman who made a name and wealth for himself in more than three decades in Houma and New Orleans, is being held up by the U.S. Justice Department as representative of a new spying threat from China.

"Today's guilty plea is the latest demonstration of the serious threat posed by international espionage networks," said Patrick Rowan, the U.S. acting assistant attorney general for national security.

Kuo signed the plea deal Tuesday in Virginia, agreeing to one count of conspiracy to deliver national defense information to a foreign government. The crime carries a possible life sentence, although Kuo's attorney said prosecutors agreed to recommend a lighter sentence.

Kuo signed a statement saying he cultivated a friendship with a Pentagon weapons analyst, gathered secrets about U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan and other American military interests, and passed them along to an unnamed Chinese government official.

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U.S. Rep. Wolf Says Chinese Hackers Targeted Him For Criticizing China

noreply@blogger.com (Staff) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:21:00 +0000

China Threat blog ediors' note: The China Threat to U.S. national security is real as this article inllustrates clearly. But there are those on Capitol Hill that will not see susch a threat yet. Read on....

The legislator says four computers in his office had been compromised and that computers used by other members of Congress and by the House Foreign Affairs Committee had also been hacked.

By Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek
June 12, 2008
URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208403513

In an effort to raise awareness about the dangers of cyber espionage, U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) on Wednesday said that four computers in his office had been compromised in 2006 and that computers used by other members of Congress and by the House Foreign Affairs Committee had also been hacked.

Wolf said that based on meetings with FBI officials, the attacks appear to have originated in China. "These cyber attacks permitted the source to probe our computers to evaluate our system's defenses, and to view and copy information," said Wolf. "My suspicion is that I was targeted by Chinese sources because of my long history of speaking out about China's abysmal human rights record."

Many groups critical of China have reported online attacks after speaking out. The Chinese government maintains that it is not involved in such attacks and, in general, security experts agree, attributing such attacks to civilian hackers motivated by patriotism. However, the Chinese government's support for bellicose nationalism and selective enforcement of cyber crime laws may contribute to the willingness of Chinese hackers to strike perceived enemies of the state.

According to Wolf, the hacker or hackers broke into the computers of Wolf's foreign policy and human rights staff person, his chief of staff, his legislative director, and his judiciary staff person. "On these computers was information about all of the casework I have done on behalf of political dissidents and human rights activists around the world," he said. "That kind of information, as well as everything else on my office computers -- e-mails, memos, correspondence and district casework - was open for outside eyes to see."

In countries that criminalize political expression, such information can lead to the imprisonment or death of human rights activists.

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Rep. Wolf: China Hacked Congressional Computers

noreply@blogger.com (Staff) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:47:00 +0000

WASHINGTON--Four of Rep. Frank Wolf's staff computers were hacked and the Virginia Republican is blaming sources working out of China.
Wolf was bringing up a resolution on the House floor on Wednesday to let his colleagues know about the dangers of computers being open to Chinese infiltration. He was joined at a press conference by Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., who also says two of his computers were compromised.

The hacking is not limited to Wolf and Smith. It's believed to be widespread among a number of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and at least one House panel -- the Foreign Relations Committee. Senior congressional aides told FOX News the situation represents a "significant breach" of congressional computer security.

Congressional sources said the hacking apparently has "direct" ties back to China. Wolf is a longtime critic of the Chinese government's human rights record.

"While this has not been confirmed to me, my own suspicion is I was targeted by China because of my long history of speaking out about China’s abysmal human rights record," Wolf said.

Wolf said that in his office, the hackers "got everything," including all the casework regarding political dissidents around the world.

Read whole story at foxnews.com about the China Threat: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,365635,00.html#

Chan: Don't mess with my Olympics

noreply@blogger.com (Staff) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:25:00 +0000

Jackie Chan's remarks in the attached link relect the kind of thinking that empowers despots, tyrants and dictators.
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/zwecker/892885,CST-FTR-zp14.article
I am a big fan of Jackie's but it is hypocritical of Chan to make such remarks using his movie as his stump to preach to us about how the Olympics are about peace and brotherhood while the Chinese government represses the people of Tibet.

But I think I know why Chan finds his voice on this topic. He is simply bought and paid for. "Jackie Chan, Zhang Ziyi to sing for Olympic film"
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/entertainment/2008-04/03/content_6590012.htm
He should have disclosed this when he is making light of the very serious protestors.
Jackie Chan is in the hip pocket of the Red Chinese Government.
His clear message to the people of Tibet, "Shut up and suffer in silence!"

No Olympic Torch in Tibet

noreply@blogger.com (Staff) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:53:00 +0000

We join with the people in Tibet in their protest of the Olympics in Bejing. Tyrants must always be opposed even if they are a major trading partner with the United States. The abuses in Tibet are not issolated in the recent history of Red China.

U.S. Asked to Bolster Ties With China

noreply@blogger.com (Staff) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:55:00 +0000

This article is a clear example of the US Government not getting it on the China Threat to US national security interests. The truth rather than the point of this article is that US has a lot more to loose in the area of national security and technology than the warm fuzzy feelings of such an exchange of technology. Read on and you will see.

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
The U.S. military has more to gain than lose by working with Chinese scientists on fundamental research. So says the Pentagon's former director of basic research, William Berry, in arguing for the removal of obstacles to scientific cooperation between the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and China despite the military rivalry between the two countries.
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Route changes, scuffles mark Olympic torch relay

noreply@blogger.com (Staff) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:19:00 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Heavy security surrounded runners taking part in the controversial Olympic torch relay in San Francisco Wednesday, as the threat of violent protests prompted officials to make dramatic last-minute changes.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/09/torch.protest/index.html

White House hopefuls call on China to do more

noreply@blogger.com (Staff) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:18:00 +0000

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/09/candidates.china/index.html

China still poses a national security threat to the US

noreply@blogger.com (Staff) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:14:00 +0000

China is still spying on us and our allies in their words "peaceful times."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,343969,00.html