Also featured in the 60 Minutes' segment is the former Director of the CIA's Counterterrorism Center (and ASF 2012 speaker) Ambassador Cofer Black.

The article, titled, "China's Cyber Thievery Is National Policy—And Must Be Challenged", elaborates upon the dangers Chinese cyber espionage poses to the U.S. and how China, as a nation that is still in the process of bridging its immense inequality gap and is still in the process of implementing development programs to help boost the standard of life for its populace, sees stealing innovations from competitors as more efficient than developing new technology on its own.

"The bottom line is this: China has a massive, inexpensive work force ravenous for economic growth. It is much more efficient for the Chinese to steal innovations and intellectual property—the source code of advanced economies—than to incur the cost and time of creating their own. They turn those stolen ideas directly into production, creating products faster and cheaper than the U.S. and others."

Chertoff, McConnell, and former Deputy Secretary for Defense William Lynn recommend that the U.S. recognize the long-term and detrimental effects of cyber attacks. Likewise, the U.S. should invest more in science, technology, engineering, and math education to counter that of competing environments. Lastly, American corporations must also do their part and identify and report incidents of cyber theft, while also boosting up their protection through the enhancement of employee computer skills.

Marc Grossman has assured to the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, that peace talks with Taliban representatives will not be held without the Afghan government's presence. Before any discourse is held, Grossman also urges the Taliban to "dissociate entirely from international terrorism." 

The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Hina Rabbani, is expected to invite Mr. Grossman to Islamabad next month in order to  " 'revive' normal relations" with the United States. Mr. Grossman was denied a similar visit last week after discussing intentions to consult with Taliban representatives in Qatar.

Ambassador Grossman served for nearly thirty years as a Foreign Service Officer, beginning with his first assignment as a Junior Officer in Pakistan, where he served from 1977 to 1979, and ending as the Department’s third ranking official, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, a position he held from 2001 to 2005.

Ambassador Grossman served as the Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources from 2000 to 2001 and as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from 1997 to 2000. He was U.S. Ambassador to Turkey from 1994 to 1997. He had previously served as the embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission from 1989 to 1992.

Grossman was the Executive Secretary of the State Department and Special Assistant to the Secretary of State from 1993 to 1994. He also served as the Deputy Director of the Private Office of Lord Carrington, the NATO Secretary-General, from 1983 to 1986.

A native of Los Angeles, California, Ambassador Grossman graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and later received an MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science. As a result of his outstanding service to his country, he is the recipient of numerous honors and awards. He attained the Foreign Service’s highest rank in 2004, when the President appointed him to the rank of Career Ambassador; he received the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award the following year.