China Threat Grows As Beijing's 'Tech-Based' Plans Dominate Washington's 'Finances-First' Approach China Threat Grows As Beijing’s ‘Tech-Based’ Plans Dominate Washington’s ‘Finances-First’ Approach Authored by John Mac Ghlionn via The American Conservative (emphasis ours), During the Reagan administration, Michael Sekora helped establish Project Socrates, a classified U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency program. The aim of the program was twofold: first, to …