> Many other countries probably take no such chances. As a superpower the US is extraordinarily unusual in that regard. China is approximately a trillion times

> Many other countries probably take no such chances. As a superpower the US is extraordinarily unusual in that regard. China is approximately a trillion times more secretive by comparison. You can find out vast amounts of information about US weapons systems, technology & IP, government agencies, employees, buildings, national agenda, states & related information, financial information is hyper transparent (both government and corporate), critical infrastructure (such as energy & utilities systems), white papers & super valuable research pouring out of our companies & universities & government agencies, and on it goes. As an example, just look at what NASA has pushed out into the global public sphere over the last 50 years. US elite technology companies are often open books about what they're doing, look at what Tesla and SpaceX allow to be revealed; look at how many of the biggest US tech companies open source their best tools (including Google & Facebook to name two), instead of trying to keep it all for themselves. There's a reason China has been pillaging US intellectual property and research so freely, it's all just sitting there for the taking, begging to be hoovered up. We share immensely with the world. I don't think we get much credit for doing it though, I think most of the world is oblivious to it at best.