How is it a critical component of our global surveillance and info warfare? If anything they steal so much from us and give very little in return. They have sol

How is it a critical component of our global surveillance and info warfare? If anything they steal so much from us and give very little in return. They have sold our military secrets to China, stolen nuclear material and secrets from us, and hacked American journalists and citizens and American big tech companies. I don't even think China has done that much damage to us