Foreign spies from nearly 100 nations sought sensitive U.S. technology last year, and technology losses undermined U.S. military advantages, according to an annual U.S. counterintelligence report.
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A senior FBI counterintelligence official, however, identified some of the nations most active in high-technology spying against the United States as China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Russia, Japan, France and Israel.
In one case, the official said, the Chinese stole the technology for an advanced metal used in U.S. military systems from a university laboratory in Iowa.
"Before the U.S. military could get it licensed, classified and manufactured, the Chinese had stolen it, stolen the marketing strategies, the customer list, and were manufacturing and selling it back to the United States," the official said.
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The report said the United States remains the primary source of most of the world's advanced technology used for foreign militaries. U.S. technology theft also is used by foreign governments to help make their domestic businesses more competitive.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050531-110044-9888r.htmThe article (and apparently the rpt) define spying as making "direct requests of naive U.S. companies, in many cases by simply asking via e-mail, phone call, facsimile, letter or in person for the sensitive information, the report said."