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US confirms major damage from Chi Mak tech theft for China
From East Asia Intel, subscription.National Counterintelligence Executive Joel Brenner said recently that the case of defense contractor Chi Mak represents a major compromise of U.S. military technology. It was the first such case by a non-government employee. Maybe first case gone to trial. Mak, a China-born U.S. national, was found guilty of passing technology to China in a case that had profound implications for our military, especially our Navy and also for the Air Force, Brenner said. It was the first public reference that Mak and his brother, Tai, compromised Air Force technology. Brenner also said in a recent speech that the Mak case is the first major espionage case we've had that didn't involve a government employee. As we push out information and privatize across all government operations, much of what we have to protect in the way of information is no longer in the government, Brenner said. This now was a contractor employee; in fact, a subcontractor employee. Mak worked on developmental Navy systems, including advanced missile destroyers and advanced submarines for Power Paragon, a subsidiary of L-3 Communications/SPD Technologies/Power Systems Group in Anaheim, CA. Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-12-14 |
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