Clinton Turned Away High-Level Chinese Defector to Assist Beijing Leaders
9/20/2016, 5:38:27 PM · by LRoggy · 29 replies
Free Beacon ^ | 9/6/16 | Bill Gertz
Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton turned away a high-ranking Chinese defector who sought political asylum after the communist police chief sought refuge in a U.S. consulate in southwestern China four years ago. Critics say Clintons handling of the defection of Wang Lijun, a close aide to a regional Communist Party leader, was a blunder and lost opportunity for U.S. intelligence to gain secrets about the leaders of Americas emerging Asian adversary. Instead of sheltering Wang and granting him political asylum, Clinton agreed to turn him over to Chinese authorities in Beijing, and claimed he was not qualified for American...
Absolutely disgusting. Clinton probably as good as murdered the man. Apart from this missed opportunity, I suspect there are many other would be defectors who saw what happened to this guy and reconsidered their own plans out of fear of being betrayed by the US government and handed straight back to the regime they escaped from.