In 1996, Congress passed the Economic Espionage Act (EEA), 18 U.S.C. Sections 1831 and 1832, to help thwart attempts by … United States finds itself in the midst of an epidemic of economic espionage. Currently, any and all U.S. technology that is … to acts of economic espionage by federally prosecuting offenders under the EEA, and why this approach is not succeeding …