Charles Bass
Charles Bass
Charles Foster "Charlie" Bassis an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district from 1995 to 2007 and from 2011 to 2013. He is the son of Perkins Bass, who also represented the same New Hampshire district from 1955 to 1963...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 January 1952
CountryUnited States of America
technology government design
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.
design deployment nuclear-missiles
In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to speed up its deployment of a new nuclear missile force.
technology labs weapons
The committee's finding that China stole sensitive technology from U.S. weapons research labs is alarming.
defense energy program
The Intelligence Committee will also examine present counterintelligence programs for the Department of Energy, the National Laboratories, and the Department of Defense.
technology design administration
Why did the Clinton Administration continue to liberalize export controls on sensitive technologies even after it learned that China had stolen designs?
years four stories
For four years, I listened to stories of intelligence failures, and it wasn't due to incompetence of anyone in the system, but that the system is so arcane.
differences support economy
There is a difference between strategic or technical default and default where you really don't have the economy to support the spending. We are not at that point yet. We could be. We could be, like some European nations.
debt way ceilings
Most of the major increases in the debt ceiling have been accompanied by structural changes in the way we raise and spend money.
thinking government long
But I think the global economy will understand that the United States has the ability to meet its obligations. But it's not going to be able to do it over the long term if we can't control the growth of government.
technology policy-making issues
I am in the process of trying to decide whether I can make a substantive and productive contribution to the policy-making process. I was always there because I wanted to work on the pressing issues of the day - I'm interested in energy, I'm interested in the climate bill and technology policy.
government design nuclear
The committee discloses that even after the U.S. government learned of the diversion of U.S. designs for nuclear warheads in late 1995, the Clinton Administration failed to take steps immediately to improve security.
military past technology
The Cox Committee found that the Chinese military acquired many of the technologies over the past seven years, although many of them had been targeted for acquisition for more than a quarter century.
tools machines computer
China has legally purchased high performance computers, advanced machine tools, and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment from several American companies.
technology community levels
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.