Why Is The U.S. Providing Russia With Sensitive Missile Defense Technology?

Russian President Medvedev and U.S. President Obama. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Giving Away the Farm -- R. James Woolsey & Rebeccah Heinrichs, Foreign Policy

The Obama administration is freely giving Russia sensitive information about missile defense that weakens U.S. national security.

President Barack Obama's administration recently threatened to veto the defense budget, citing "serious concerns" over provisions that limit the U.S. missile defense know-how that the White House is permitted to share with Moscow. This is the sort of information that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in his earlier days, would have assigned his spies to steal. Through its single-minded pursuit of "resetting" relations with Russia, the Obama administration may simply be willing to hand over this information and, in doing so, weaken U.S. national security.

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My Comment: It is a question of priorities .... and as as long as I can remember .... for many Democrats missile defense has always been on the bottom of their list of priorities. The fact that this mindset is now being implemented into policy .... why should we be surprised?