31.   The international effort to restrict the proliferation of sensitive military technologies is one particularly thorny area that has long roiled Sino-American relations.

32.   The New York Times reported that the daughter of a senior Chinese military officer was giving money to Democrats while also working to acquire sensitive American technology.

33.   The transfer of sensitive technology and expertise is central to the broader policy shift and a criminal inquiry by the Justice Department.

34.   The State Department oversees exports of the encoded boards as militarily sensitive technology.

35.   The White House has defended the Loral waiver, saying it came only after assurances by the Pentagon and State Department that no sensitive technology would be compromised.

36.   These transfers of information came at a time, investigators said, when China was aggressively trying to obtain sensitive military technology.

37.   They also warned that PCR is such a highly sensitive technology that great care must be taken to prevent contaminating laboratories.

38.   U.S. executives contributed megabucks as they lobbied for easier approval of sales of sensitive technology to Beijing.

39.   Under those rules, the government transferred to companies the responsibility for screening buyers to insure they were not diverting sensitive technology to military uses.

40.   Washington Post first reported the suspension came because sensitive technology was exchanged with the Russians.