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Most military analysts see the espionage, which took place in 1988, as possibly the worst since the Rosenbergs were executed in the 1950s for spying for the Soviet Union. More importantly, they argue, the theft represents a grave threat to national security...
...last couple of months, a Congressional committee has been studying the effects of the theft, which was surprisingly only discovered while Energy Department officials were pouring over old files. According to The New York Times, the committee unanimously concluded that "China had harmed national security during the last 20 years by stealing American nuclear secrets and acquiring other American technology...
...Crimes to property," including larceny, theft, trespassing and vandalism was down more than 24 percent...
...Simple theft declined from 648 incidents in 1997 to 512 incidents...
CONVICTED. THE REV. HENRY LYONS, 57, president of the National Baptist Convention USA, one of the country's largest black denominations; of racketeering and grand theft; in Largo, Fla. Lyons swindled millions of dollars by selling fake mailing lists to corporations trying to peddle their products to convention members...