New Cato Research on Immigration and Espionage

Alex NowrastehCato released my newpolicy analysis about espionage and immigration. It is the culmination of many months worth of original research to meticulously document and quantify every espionage and espionage ‐​related criminal conviction in the United States from 1990–2019 – including those convicted of economic espionage, theft of trade secrets, and other related commercial crimes. Although my goal was to find each one, I undoubtedly missed a few, but the sample provided here is still large enough for analysis. Espionage is a serious issue that impacts American national security and that frequently infringes upon the property rights of Americans. Countering this threat in an efficient manner is an important job of the government. The information in my analysis will help the government formulate more efficient counter espionage policies, should it wish to do so.My research is an advancement over earlierdatabases of espionage that include only those spies who targeted the U.S. government. However, modern concerns about espionage from China are more focused on theft of commercial secrets as part of an “economic blitzkrieg, ” according to former attorney general Bill Barr. My analysis also focuses on spies who committed their crimes on U.S. soil, so it doesn’t include hacks from abroad or other espionage that occurred overseas. My analysis also has information about the specific criminal violations, countries of be nefit, countries of origin, ...
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