Annual Report to Congress on Foreign Economic Collection and Industrial Espionage - 2004
Abstract
This is the tenth annual report reviewing the threat to the United States from foreign economic collection and industrial espionage. The report seeks to characterize and assess efforts by foreign entities -- government and private -- to unlawfully target or acquire critical US technologies, trade secrets, and sensitive financial or proprietary economic information. The paper focuses on technologies, the loss of which could undermine US military capability, impede the ability of US firms to compete in the world marketplace, or have an adverse effect on the US economy, thereby weakening national security and eroding the current US technological lead. The report is being submitted in compliance with the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, Section 809(b), Public Law 103-359, which requires that the President annually submit to Congress updated information on the threat to US industry from foreign economic collection and industrial espionage. It updates the ninth annual report published in February 2004 and includes data for the fiscal year 2004, including the period 1 October 2003 through 30 September 2004. The contents of this report include the following: * The types of foreign entities believed to be conducting industrial espionage. * The kinds of information and technology targeted. * The methods used by foreign actors to acquire that technology.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA439475