Apparently, we're the only country that really distinguishes between economic espionage and government espionage. Is that a good thing?
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@emptywheel@johnlaprise And largely that profit comes from government trade negotiations armed with that intel. -
@thepacketrat Other companies? Yes. Monsanto? No, their benefit goes well beyond trade negotiations.@johnlaprise -
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@JohnLaprise The USG does routinely pass intel to defense contractors fetishistically called private sector.@thepacketrat -
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@JohnLaprise And the equiv in China are also _contractors_ legally, tho we don't consider them separate enough.@thepacketrat -
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@JohnLaprise Sometimes. Again, this is a fetish. That we call Lockheed a private co is laughable propaganda@thepacketrat - 3 more replies
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