Since 1998, the Administration has begun to upgrade counterintelligence and security at U.S. weapons labs.

China has legally purchased high performance computers, advanced machine tools, and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment from several American companies.

The U.S. government knew that China wanted to acquire sensitive U.S. technology, and instead of implementing a policy to prevent them from acquiring the information, the government all but gave them an invitation to take our equipment and designs.

The Intelligence Committee will also examine present counterintelligence programs for the Department of Energy, the National Laboratories, and the Department of Defense.

Since 1998, the Administration has begun to upgrade counterintelligence and security at U.S. weapons labs.

The committee's finding that China stole sensitive technology from U.S. weapons research labs is alarming.

But the technology was accessible, which suggests incompetence on the part of our counterintelligence community and the Clinton Administration, and may in fact rise to the level of treason.