FBI Warns Senators of China Recruiters Stealing US Technology

The seal of the F.B.I. hangs in the Flag Room at the bureau's headquaters in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2007. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The FBI warned the U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee about proven national security and economic risks from China recruiting Americans to steal key technology.

FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence Division John Brown stated on Nov. 19: “The Communist government of China has proven that it will use any means necessary to advance its interests at the expense of others, including the United States, and pursue its long-term goal of being the world’s superpower by 2049.”