This is just right. We are a democracy and what the US does is morally justified. Putin is a thug.
The Americans booby trapped the stolen tech.
Perhaps were are doing the same with the Chinese stolen tech, but I doubt it.
The US is a Republic.
The soviets committed industrial espionage on a sweeping scale. So presumably did/do we. In that world all is fair...I have no sympathy if a thief finds a poison pill in their ill-gotten gains.