Exclusive—Fred Fleitz: We Must Stop China from Stealing Our Military Secrets

Following the Trump administration’s successful capture of Nicolás Maduro, much has been written about the Venezuelan leader’s cooperation with China, from intelligence sharing to military access and technology transfers in the Western Hemisphere, and why the Trump administration was right to act against him.

But while many policy analysts focus on China’s influence abroad, many have paid far less attention to how easily the Chinese Communist Party can access sensitive information here at home, often because we fail to enforce our own rules governing electronic devices inside secure facilities.

Ken Calvert, the Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, points out that when the U.S. won the Cold War, it was clear we had the most powerful military on earth, and it