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The US didn't and doesn't pursue corporate espionage at a government level. The Clinton administration was presented with the idea, but the question about what
by strictnein 9y ago
The US didn't and doesn't pursue corporate espionage at a government level. The Clinton administration was presented with the idea, but the question about what company would be given the information wasn't clear since, unlike many countries, the US has no real government controlled industry.
This is covered in books like "Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage".
- georgecmu 9y agoDid you leave out the <sarcasm> flag somewhere? The Boeing-Airbus case had probably the highest 'household recognition' among examples of US intelligence working in corporate interests, but it was far from an isolated incident. https://www.ft.com/content/e86fdad0-42d9-11e3-9d3c-00144feabdc0 https://www.ft.com/content/e86fdad0-42d9-11e3-9d3c-00144feab... A lesson was learnt in 1994 when France lost out on a big aerospace contract for Airbus in Saudi Arabia to Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, apparently after a phone call by the then prime minister Edouard Balladur, in which he discussed the terms Airbus had offered, was intercepted by US intelligence.
- strictnein 9y agoUhh, France's corporate espionage dwarfs this "apparent" episode, whose evidence is apparently a throwaway line in a FT article? Your source: a random line in an article about an episode that occurred 23 years ago during the Clinton administration. My source: a well researched book covering the entire history of modern espionage with a significant portion dedicated to corporate espionage, with specific mention of the Clinton administration's handling of this topic.