Restart DOJ China Initiative and related threat-education programs
Mandate says the next Administration should restart the China Initiative terminated in 2022 and pursue programs educating Americans about threats from China and Iran.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 17 (Justice) — National Security Agenda: restart the China Initiative; pursue programs to educate Americans about threats from China and Iran; remain agile on emerging threats like sextortion, ransomware, and child pornography.
Undo plan
1) Replace ethnically skewed China Initiative framing with narrow counter-espionage/trade-secret enforcement that forbids racial profiling.
2) Keep NSD resources on PRC state-linked threats with civil-rights training.
3) Publish charging criteria and demographic audit of defendants.
4) Coordinate with FBI/IC under AG guidelines.
5) Verify: case quality metrics; civil-rights complaint trends among researchers.