[ntnychik]

PBS Frontline special 4/15/04 was on the cyberwar. Richard Clarke was the main contributor.

[kcvl]

In 1994, Bill Clinton supposedly banned the import of Chinese guns and ammunition manufactured by the PLA-run arms companies. However, in the aftermath of Operation Dragon Fire, Clinton Administration spokesmen took pains to downplay the involvement of Red Chinese officials in the smuggling ring. When asked by a reporter if China has been "a big source of smuggled arms into the United States," Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick responded, "All I'm going to say is that we consider this to be a very serious case." The State Department's Nicholas Burns also dismissed the significance of the PLA arms-smuggling operation: "I don't see why this needs to complicate U.S.-China relations at all."