WHEN YOU TREAT INDIA LIKE A STRANGER AND CHINA LIKE A FRIEND...:

China removed as top priority for spies (Bill Gertz, 1/20/10, Washington Times)

The White House National Security Council recently directed U.S. spy agencies to lower the priority placed on intelligence collection for China, amid opposition to the policy change from senior intelligence leaders who feared it would hamper efforts to obtain secrets about Beijing's military and its cyber-attacks. [...]

The decision downgrades China from "Priority 1" status, alongside Iran and North Korea, to "Priority 2," which covers specific events such as the humanitarian crisis after the Haitian earthquake or tensions between India and Pakistan.

...you really don't understand America's role in the world.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 29, 2010 6:45 AM