{"id":1838083,"date":"2023-02-07T10:19:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1838083"},"modified":"2023-02-07T10:20:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:20:08","slug":"biden-canceled-trumps-program-identifying-chinese-threats-last-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-canceled-trumps-program-identifying-chinese-threats-last-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Canceled Trump\u2019s Program Identifying Chinese Threats Last February"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-canceled-trumps-program-identifying-chinese-threats-last-february%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1838083&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>In light of the Chinese spy balloon that flew over U.S. military bases last Wednesday, it may be helpful to recall that in February 2017, the Trump administration cancelled a program that was meant to identify Chinese threats.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Olsen, tHe Biden administration\u2019s assistant attorney general in charge of the national security division, claimed that Asians had said the program was biased against them, saying, \u201cWe helped give rise to a harmful perception that the department applies a lower standard to investigate and prosecute criminal conduct related to that country or that we in some way view people with racial, ethnic, or family ties to China differently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake no mistake. We will be relentless in defending our country from China,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/1c8b4ced-a934-4737-9729-a1ba189e962a\/v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Additional<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Wray, FBI director, was fired by the Trump administration just weeks prior to the cancellation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/fbi-director-wray-says-scale-chinese-spying-us-blew-away-rcna14369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recognize<\/a> It was 2017 when he took over his job and began to examine the extent of Chinese theft of American technology. \u201cblew me away. And I\u2019m not the kind of guy that uses words like \u2018blown away\u2019 easily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no country that presents a broader, more severe threat to our innovation, our ideas and our economic security than China does,\u201d He added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe scale of their hacking program, and the amount of personal and corporate data that their hackers have stolen, is greater than every other country combined,\u201d\u00a0Wray concluded.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Jeff Sessions, the former Attorney General, implemented the China Initiative. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/speech\/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-announces-new-initiative-combat-chinese-economic-espionage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noted<\/a>, \u201cFrom 2013 to 2016, the Department of Justice did not charge anyone with spying for China.\u00a0\u2026 Chinese economic espionage against the United States has been increasing\u2014and it has been increasing rapidly. We are here today to say: enough is enough.\u00a0 We\u2019re not going to take it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we see Chinese espionage not just taking place against traditional targets like our defense and intelligence agencies, but against targets like research labs and universities, and we see Chinese propaganda disseminated on our campuses.\u00a0\u2026 This Department of Justice\u2014and the Trump administration\u2014have already made our decision: we will not allow our sovereignty to be disrespected, our intellectual property to be stolen, or our people to be robbed of their hard-earned prosperity.\u00a0 We want fair trade and good relationships based on honest dealing.\u00a0 We will enforce our laws\u2014and we will protect America\u2019s national interests.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of the reputed Chinese spy balloon that floated over U.S. military bases last week, it might be instructive to recall that last February, the Biden administration canceled a program launched by the Trump administration to identify Chinese threats to national security. 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