“Espionage, spying, is not a game. It costs our country secrets and millions of dollars in stolen technology. It can also cost lives and threaten our national survival.”
-President Ronald Reagan
Radio Address to the Nation on Efforts to Prevent Espionage Against the United States
November 30, 1985
I’d say that the monetary cost of espionage is in the billions of Dollars at this point. I also feel that we don’t protect secrets like we used to. Increasingly, they are used as a political tool. Do you think this statement is still relevant today?
