U.S. Adopts More Aggressive Counterintelligence

The Bush administration has adopted a new strategy to "attack" foreign spy services before they can strike, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official. In an article published on Sunday by Bill Gertz of the Washington Times, the offensive strategy is part of Bush's doctrine of pre-empting threats before they materialize. In the past, counterintelligence activities was typically limited to trying to catch foreign spies.

Russian intelligence officers are using "very aggressive actions and operations," including blackmail, extortion and entrapment "to try to get people to commit espionage," Barry Royden , a vetaran CIA official stated.
He also said the Russians are conducting "very aggressive operations against our troops in the Middle East." He did not elaborate.

Another major intelligence threat comes from China.

"China has somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 front companies in the U.S., and their sole reason for existing is to steal, exploit U.S. technology," Lisa Bronson, a Pentagon technology security director said.

Better late than never.