TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Foreign governments are trying to get proprietary information about Kansas business and agricultural assets, state legislators heard Tuesday in extraordinary, secret briefings with a U.S. Department of Homeland Security official, according to participants.
Lawmakers who attended one of the unclassified briefings also said they were warned to be careful about opening emails from foreign sources. But they also said they did not hear about immediate threats.
We need to be careful in responding to people because everyones looking for an in, someway, somehow, said state Rep. Jim Gartner, a Topeka Democrat who attended the first briefing. That was the gist of it.