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China taps into U.S. spy operations
The Washington Times ^ | December 21, 2007 | Bill Gertz

Posted on 12/20/2007 10:04:08 PM PST by george76

China's intelligence service gained access to a secret National Security Agency listening post in Hawaii through a Chinese-language translation service, according to U.S. intelligence officials.

The spy penetration was discovered several years ago as part of a major counterintelligence probe by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) that revealed an extensive program by China's spy service to steal codes and other electronic intelligence secrets, and to recruit military and civilian personnel with access to them.

According to officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity, China's Ministry of State Security, the main civilian spy service, carried out the operations by setting up a Chinese translation service in Hawaii that represented itself as a U.S.-origin company.

The ruse led to classified contracts with the Navy and NSA to translate some of the hundreds of thousands of intercepted communications gathered by NSA's network of listening posts, aircraft and ships.

Naval intelligence officials familiar with the Chinese spy penetration said the access to both "raw" and analyzed intelligence at Kunia caused significant damage by giving China's government details on both the targets and the sources of U.S. spying operations. Such information would permit the Chinese to block the eavesdropping or to provide false and misleading "disinformation" to U.S. intelligence.

The officials did not say how long the Chinese operation lasted before being detected.

"There can be no higher target for an intelligence service, and that includes China's MSS and 2 PLA, than gaining access to an adversaries' codes and electronic intelligence," he said, because it is the ultimate in "foreknowledge" advocated by ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu.

The facility was singled out for criticism in the past by intelligence reform advocates because of its restrictive policies on information-sharing.

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To: GOP_1900AD

I was referring to Pissant, not Hunter ...


101 posted on 12/24/2007 11:30:05 AM PST by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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To: GOP_1900AD
Uh, I would have thought you meant PugetSoundSoldier.

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102 posted on 12/24/2007 11:44:43 AM PST by Paul Ross (Dear Mary LaRonald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
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To: george76

Thanks.


103 posted on 12/25/2007 3:22:44 PM PST by nw_arizona_granny ("Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind" M.E. Chase American writer "Merry Christmas to all")
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Is there any other kind?

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I see what you mean! :-)

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105 posted on 12/26/2007 7:39:00 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims and vote Fred!)
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