Chinese Front Companies in the U.S.? You decide!

There seems to be some question, or concern about Chinese front companies operating within the U.S. There has been some doubt to the veracity of the report, which was first mentioned in the Cox document. But, what is the official and most legitimate position on the Front Companies? Seems to me that the U.S. intelligence community would have the best understanding of this, since they work on the issue daily.

Of course, some random journalist or reporter can post whatever they want, but their not really close to the issue. Below are just a few reports since Cox. You decide, are there front companies operating in the U.S.? Before you respond, and I know someone will jabber about the 3000 front companies. The info is coming from the Director of the FBI. If you have an issue with it's truthfulness, take it up with the him, I'm simply using it to support the other reports. Oh ya, and his statement was given under oath during testimony to the U.S. Congress. Use that as weight when you judge its veracity!

CNN
State Metal Industries, a Camden, New Jersey, company convicted in June of violating export laws over a shipment of AIM-7 Sparrow missile guidance parts it bought from Pentagon surplus in 2003 and sold to an entity partly owned by the Chinese government. The company pleaded guilty to an export violation,

THE WASHINGTON TIMES
U.S. government investigators say the number of cases involving China and its middlemen who have illegally obtained sensitive or classified U.S. weapons technology