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China removed as top priority for spies

Inconceivable

“ The White House National Security Council recently directed U.S. spy agencies to lower the priority placed on intelligence collection for China, amid opposition to the policy change from senior intelligence leaders who feared it would hamper efforts to obtain secrets about Beijing's military and its cyber-attacks. ~ The decision downgrades China from "Priority 1" status, alongside Iran and North Korea, to "Priority 2," which covers specific events such as the humanitarian crisis after the Haitian earthquake or tensions between India and Pakistan.  [Full] ” When former New York Mayor  Ed Koch said he would vote for Bush in 2004, because it's  not safe to vote for democrats now ("The Democratic Party just doesn't have the stomach to go after terrorists."), he was joined by others, like Andrew Cuomo and  Zell Miller, to name a few. So, when did that switch get flicked?  I find this decision to downgrade intelligence gathering on Red China, to a level close to that of Ireland, as inconceivable. When President Clinton opened the vault for Chinese spies, it seems (to me) to have been more cash motivated than ideological (see Cox Report).  Okay, so now China holds $800 billion in US debt.  Obama has reacted by showing his belly and spreading  hooves. But treason?  That's what this amounts to. It was expected that Obama would work to weaken the United States,on ideological grounds, because we have his words on it. Just not so quickly, and brazenly. Just last year the FBI estimated that there are over 2,600 Chinese front companies in the U.S.  And this .. Are The Chinese Better At Spying Than The KGB? It Seems Like It CBS NEWS - Panel: Chinese Spies Stealing U.S. Secrets Chinese spy who defected tells all A midsummer tale of two Chinese spies  Chinese Spies in U.S. Portend War With China .....  47,300.  and so on ... How, I wonder, can anyone square this action with Obama's oath to "... preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States?"   They can't. So Impeach the SOB.