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...Lucent, however, and not Cisco that suffered the alleged theft in a case emblematic of a fresh direction in spying. Private companies and individuals were behind more than half the incidents of industrial espionage in 1999, the most recent year for which statistics are available from the National Counterintelligence Center. Chinese commercial spies--not necessarily working for their government--have joined a throng of other agents targeting American know-how, including those from such ostensible U.S. allies as Japan, Israel, France and South Korea...
...muscling out independent operators all over the place. Working both sides of the border, gangs own perhaps half the nightclubs and bars in Shenzhen, often reportedly in partnership with officers of the People's Liberation Army and the Public Security Bureau. They are into everything that pays: car theft, gambling, prostitution, kidnap for ransom and even, astonishingly, petrol. The bulk of the bribes received by convicted customs chief Zhao came from smuggling gasoline. The racket worked like this: a tanker anchors in international waters and waits for motor launches to gather round. An auction follows, and the buyers smuggle...
...Award winner Helen Hunt, playing an efficiency expert, is hired to evaluate and improve Briggs' place of business. However, since the film is categorized as a romantic comedy, it may be assumed that their relationship does not remain solely antagonistic. Dan Aykroyd stars as Briggs' boss, who, following the theft of one fine jewel, is opposed to paying the insurance money. Briggs must think like a thief to continue his tradition of cracking the case. Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Berkeley, and Wallace Shawn play supporting roles. One may anticipate traditional Woody Allen wry, thinking man's humor...
...Security at Widener is already very good, McNamara said. But since the theft's discovery, the library has increased security with more HUPD personnel throughout the facility-particularly in the stacks, Brainard said...
...measures simply can't be sped up simply because of construction, but [in light of this theft] what we can speed up, we will," Brainard said...