Update on NAFTA SuperHighway

• Fox News asked President Bush this question at his press conference in Quebec, Canada, on Aug. 21 after a meeting of the Security and Prosperity Partnership: "Are there plans to build some kind of superhighway connecting all three countries?" Bush did not deny this plan.

  Cui bono? Who will benefit? Not the United States. Not Mexico. The chief beneficiary will be Communist China. Chinese goods dock at the port of Lazaro Cardenas on Mexico's west coast, which is controlled by the same Chinese shipping firm that owns the ports at both ends of the Panama Canal. The Kansas City Southern Railway de Mexico carries Chinese goods to the U.S. border. Then the Chinese goods will come up the TransTexas Corridor, a 10-lane, limited access tollroad from Mexico to Oklahoma, operated by a Spanish company, with the right to collect tolls for the next 50 years. The Kansas City city council has earmarked millions of taxpayer dollars to SmartPort, to make Kansas City a "port," so Chinese goods can be re-shipped to the rest of the U.S. and Canada.

  Since China rescued Cambodia with $600 million in grants and loans after the World Bank threatened to cut off aid because of violations of civil liberties, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that his country's relations with China are "entering into the best stage in history."

Update on U.S. Athletes at the Olympics

• The U.S. Olympic Committee, which will have more than 600 people in its delegation, is planning to transport its own food for U.S. athletes because of fears about public health and food standards in China. Under rules drawn up by the International Olympic Committee, the competitors are barred from importing their own food into the athletes' village. The U.S. Olympic Committee is bypassing this rule by arranging for our athletes to eat their three daily meals at their training camp at a local university, which is outside the Olympic Park. Three cheers for the U.S. Olympic Committee for making sure that our athletes have safe food and for ignoring the criticisms of Chinese Olympic organizers. Timesonline, 2-22-08

  China has replaced North Korea as one of the top three U.S. enemies, according to a new Gallup Poll. Iran topped the list when Americans were asked which country is the greatest U.S. enemy; Iraq came second, and China third. CBS News, 3-31-08

Update on Chinese Espionage

• A federal judge on March 24 sentenced a Chinese-born U.S. engineer to 24 years in prison for supplying sensitive U.S. Navy technology to China. "We will never know the full extent of the damage that Mr. Chi Mak has done to our national security," the judge wrote. Mak and his wife were arrested at Los Angeles Airport in 2005, as they were preparing to travel to China with computer disks containing encrypted technology related to the Navy's Quiet Electric Drive that was being developed for use on Navy warships and submarines. Washington Times, 3-31-08. Chi Mak admitted that China placed him 20 years earlier in the defense-industrial establishment to steal secrets. Prosecutors called him the "perfect sleeper agent"; for two decades he held a steady job with a U.S. defense contractor, which rewarded him with promotions and a security clearance. Washington Post, 4-3-08

  Pentagon official Gregg William Bergerson pleaded guilty March 31 to passing classified U.S. military secrets to a Chinese agent after being showered with gifts and gambling money. He faces up to 10 years in prison. Fox News.com 3-31-08