Chinese Spy 'Slept' In U.S. for 2 Decades

Now that's patience:

Prosecutors called Chi Mak the "perfect sleeper agent," though he hardly looked the part. For two decades, the bespectacled Chinese-born engineer lived quietly with his wife in a Los Angeles suburb, buying a house and holding a steady job with a U.S. defense contractor, which rewarded him with promotions and a security clearance. Colleagues remembered him as a hard worker who often took paperwork home at night.

Eventually, Mak's job gave him access to sensitive plans for Navy ships, submarines and weapons. These he secretly copied and sent via courier to China -- fulfilling a mission that U.S. officials say he had been planning since the 1970s.

Mak was sentenced last week to 24 1/2 years in prison by a federal judge who described the lengthy term as a warning to China not to "send agents here to steal America's military secrets." But it may already be too late: According to U.S. intelligence and Justice Department officials, the Mak case represents only a small facet of an intelligence-gathering operation that has long been in place and is growing in size and sophistication.

And Mak appeared to be the kind of immigrant the Open Borders crowd would point to as the model new American. A hard worker who took paperwork home -- yeah, to make copies of it. When will we ever learn?

The larger problem is that the quickly vanishing American identity no longer instills loyalty. Who wants to identify with a culture that proudly proclaims it does not exist? That's what multiculturalism says: this chunk of land has no soul, no heritage, no character. It will assume the personality of whoever cares to occupy it. People who reside here do so just to turn a quick buck. They have no more loyalty or affection for this country than do residents of an extended-stay motel.

So look for more stories like this.