Back in the day our CIA would be on top of this and know full well what’s going on in N. Korea and China (covid-19). Since our politicians (especially Obama & Clinton and co.) politicized the feds, to go after opponents, they’ve become useless.
No they wouldn’t have. See: Constantine Chernenko (may be spelled wrong...it’s been awhile)
Good post. And to your point, consider that Wuhan is the biggest city and commercial center in central China with a population of 11 million. Its also home to one of the most infamous bio labs in the world. Yet, our vast intel and diplomatic apparatus evidently didn’t know what was going on inside the city.
We cannot afford to be blind sided like this again.
***Back in the day our CIA would be on top of this ***
I remember, back in either 1966 or 67, when the CIA screwed up and proclaimed NVA General Giap and Che both dead.
Both were still alive, Che for just a few months, Giap died in 2013.