And what should happen with the Chinese higher ups who authorized hacking teams to infiltrate the U.S. and other Western targets?
Further, who gets to decide what should happen and why, exactly, that's what should happen?
No country is going to deport the people running its defense programs to countries those defense programs are being run against, unless it's surrendering unconditionally and that's one of the demands it must yield to.
Are yo trying to imply that because the matter is not straightforward, it shouldn't be dealt with?
The whole act of "gathering foreign intelligence" seems very immoral to me. Saying that everybody does it is no justification, neither is saying that it is a requirement for national security, because national security threats, as I see it, in the US, are a consequence of US the invasive and offensive foreign politics and military presence. While I understand that there's an inherent need for national security, I fail to see how that justifies breaching the privacy of foreign/domestic targets if the same issue can be dealt with by changing the stance on foreign nations through foreign and military politics.
Just as it is immoral for me to probe around my neighbours house to see if he has plans to break into mine, it is immoral to breach foreign security measures even if they are digital. Things like this should not be just shrugged at, be the perpetrator US, Chinese, Russian or Middle-Eastern.
And what should happen with the Chinese higher ups who authorized hacking teams to infiltrate the U.S. and other Western targets?
Further, who gets to decide what should happen and why, exactly, that's what should happen?
No country is going to deport the people running its defense programs to countries those defense programs are being run against, unless it's surrendering unconditionally and that's one of the demands it must yield to.