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Obama Administration Warns Beijing About Covert Agents Operating in U.S.
New York Times ^ | August 16, 2015 | By MARK MAZZETTI and DAN LEVIN

Posted on 08/16/2015 11:23:26 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has delivered a warning to Beijing about the presence of Chinese government agents operating secretly in the United States to pressure prominent expatriates — some wanted in China on charges of corruption — to return home immediately, according to American officials.

The American officials said that Chinese law enforcement agents covertly in this country are part of Beijing’s global campaign to hunt down and repatriate Chinese fugitives and, in some cases, recover allegedly ill-gotten gains.

The Chinese government has officially named the effort Operation Fox Hunt.

The American warning, which was delivered to Chinese officials in recent weeks and demanded a halt to the activities, reflects escalating anger in Washington about intimidation tactics used by the agents. And it comes at a time of growing tension between Washington and Beijing on a number of issues: from the computer theft of millions of government personnel files that American officials suspect was directed by China, to China’s crackdown on civil liberties, to the devaluation of its currency. . .

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: agents; china; spies
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1 posted on 08/16/2015 11:23:26 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

His statement should also be accompanied by a sternly-worded letter for good measure.

2 posted on 08/16/2015 11:27:57 PM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: Blue Jays

Warning was delivered inside a fortune cookie.


3 posted on 08/16/2015 11:34:37 PM PDT by AU72
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Is the bamster drawing another red line? Yawn.


4 posted on 08/16/2015 11:38:32 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

“You stop that, or I’ll deport them. Unless they have a kid, or a special visa, or can cook, or are registered to vote, or....”


5 posted on 08/16/2015 11:39:25 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: AU72

6 posted on 08/16/2015 11:41:12 PM PDT by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Notice that he makes no mention of the myriad Chinese military agents who are in the U.S. spying, and he’s only concerned about Chinese law enforcement agents here to re-patriate Chinese citizens.


7 posted on 08/16/2015 11:42:35 PM PDT by ought-six (1u)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
So Wall St. does not like to see China repatriating ill-gotten money of corrupt Chinese officials stashed in U.S..

Huge amount of Chinese money is parked in Western countries. Chicom wants it back and Wall St. is not happy. Two crooks are at each other's throat.

8 posted on 08/16/2015 11:57:48 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: NonValueAdded

9 posted on 08/17/2015 12:04:55 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen (When the going gets tough--the Low Information President Obie from Nairobi goes golfing/fundraising)
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To: AU72

We’ve come a long way from fighting the Japanese in WWII. Then the Soviets later during the Cold War years. Those two are prime examples of American spy agencies doing everything(literally) to ensure American superiority, and survival. Now we have a limp wristed President come along crying to high heaven American intelligence agencies know Chinese spies are active in the United States. This administration is definitely not playing for our side. This is proof to me. Absolute proof. Read between the lines here.

Fifty years ago we would have had the CIA and FBI counter-intelligence all over this. The newspapers would be littered with page 8 stories of “Asian man seen kidnapped by men in masks driving black van”, “Two Asian men found dead, no leads”, etc.

You don’t win spy games by telling the enemy to “stop” spying. Perhaps the zero admin doesn’t think that foreign spies are a sign you are at war, or are about to be. There is just no way that any real American would not see this as a Cold War. Unless it is misdirection, it is certainly malfeasance. This story screams malfeasance.


10 posted on 08/17/2015 12:38:53 AM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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An interesting story fact or fiction.


11 posted on 08/17/2015 12:42:40 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: ought-six
Notice that he makes no mention of the myriad Chinese military agents who are in the U.S. spying, and he’s only concerned about Chinese law enforcement agents here to re-patriate Chinese citizens.

Excellent point. Needs to be reemphasized...

"Notice that he makes no mention of the myriad Chinese military agents who are in the U.S. spying, and he’s only concerned about Chinese law enforcement agents here to re-patriate Chinese citizens."

--ought-six
12 posted on 08/17/2015 1:03:03 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html
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"Joint war games are a logical outcome of the Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty signed in 2001, and reflect the shared worldview and growing economic ties between the two Eastern Hemisphere giants."

http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2005/09/war-games-russia-china-grow-alliance

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170287,00.html
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Sept 11, 2014

China and Russia to build major seaport: report

China and Russia will build one of the largest ports in north-east Asia on Russia’s Sea of Japan coast, reports say, in a further sign of the powerhouses’ growing alliance.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-11/china-and-russia-to-build-major-seaport-report/5738036

13 posted on 08/17/2015 1:07:46 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
From the campaign trail, 2008...

Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs

February 29, 2008 :: News
MissileThreat.com

A video has surfaced of Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama talking on his plans for strategic issues such as nuclear weapons and missile defense.

The full text from the video, as released, reads as follows:

Thanks so much for the Caucus4Priorities, for the great work you've been doing. As president, I will end misguided defense policies and stand with Caucus4Priorities in fighting special interests in Washington.

First, I'll stop spending $9 billion a month in Iraq. I'm the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning. And as president I will end it.[i.e. not win it]

Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending.

I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.

I will not weaponize space.

I will slow our development of future combat systems.

And I will institute an independent "Defense Priorities Board" to ensure that the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify unnecessary spending.

Third, I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal, I will not develop new nuclear weapons; I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material; and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert, and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals.

You know where I stand. I've fought for open, ethical and accountable government my entire public life. I don't switch positions or make promises that can't be kept. I don't posture on defense policy and I don't take money from federal lobbyists for powerful defense contractors. As president, my sole priority for defense spending will be protecting the American people. Thanks so much.

Article: Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs:

http://web.archive.org/web/20090412030633/http://missilethreat.com/archives/id.7086/detail.asp

"MissileThreat.com is a project of The Claremont Institute devoted to understanding and promoting the requirements for the strategic defense of the United States."
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Also from 2008...

2008 Pentagon Report (March 2008):
China's Growing Military Space Power

By Leonard David
Special Correspondent, SPACE.com
March 6, 2008

GOLDEN, Colorado — A just-released Pentagon report spotlights a growing U.S. military concern that China is developing a multi- dimensional program to limit or prevent the use of space-based assets by its potential adversaries during times of crisis or conflict.

Furthermore, last year's successful test by China of a direct-ascent, anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon to destroy its own defunct weather satellite, the report adds, underscores that country's expansion from the land, air, and sea dimensions of the traditional battlefield into the space and cyber-space domains.

Although China's commercial space program has utility for non- military research, that capability demonstrates space launch and control know-how that have direct military application. Even the Chang'e 1 — the Chinese lunar probe now circling the Moon — is flagged in the report as showcasing China's ability "to conduct complicated space maneuvers — a capability which has broad implications for military counterspace operations."

To read the entire publication [29.67MB/pdf], see U.S. Dept of Defense:


14 posted on 08/17/2015 1:13:55 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Obama: "We Welcome China's Rise"
CBS News ^ | January 19, 2011 | Stephanie Condon
15 posted on 08/17/2015 1:17:26 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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Obama To Betray Missile Defense Secrets To Moscow
Investor's Business Daily ^ | January 9, 2012 | IBD staff

Appeasement: From ObamaCare to recess appointments, honoring the Constitution has not been an administration hallmark. But when it comes to betraying secrets to mollify the Russians, it becomes a document the president hides behind.

It was bad enough that the 2012 defense authorization bill signed by President Obama set America on a downward spiral of military mediocrity.

He also issued a signing statement, something he once opposed, saying that language in the bill aimed at protecting top-secret technical data on the U.S. Standard Missile-3 — linchpin of our missile defense — might impinge on his constitutional foreign-policy authority.

Section 1227 of the defense law prohibits spending any funds that would be used to give Russian officials access to sensitive missile-defense technology as part of a cooperation agreement without first sending Congress a report identifying the specific secrets, how they'd be used and steps to protect the data from compromise.

The president is required to certify that any technology shared will not be passed on to third parties such as China, North Korea or Iran, that the Russians will not use transferred secrets to develop countermeasures and that the Russians are reciprocating in sharing missile-defense technology.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.investors.com ...

16 posted on 08/17/2015 1:18:26 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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Open Mic Catches Obama Asking Medvedev for Space on Missile Defense
March 26, 2012

"In a private conversation about the planned U.S.-led NATO missile defense system in Europe, President Barack Obama asked outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for space on the issue.

This is my last election,” Obama told Medvedev. “After my election I have more flexibility.”

“I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir,” Medvedev said, referring to incoming President Vladimir Putin."

http://fox8.com/2012/03/26/open-mic-catches-obama-asking-medvedev-for-space-on-missile-defense/
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Obama was talking with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev when neither of them realized that their conversation was being picked up by microphones. Here is what they said:

Obama: “On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved, but it’s important for him to give me space.”

Medvedev: “Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you ...”

Obama: “This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.”

Medvedev: “I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir.”

“This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.” That statement tells us much about the president’s mindset.

The specific mention of missile defense is worrisome enough. Mr. Obama has retreated from the missile defense plan that was negotiated with European allies during the George W. Bush administration. Apparently, he is signaling Moscow that he intends to retreat further. The clear implication from the president’s comments is that he cannot tell the American people before the election what he plans to do after the election.

In addition, there is the phrase “on all these issues,” implying more is at stake than just missile defense.”

Article: Obama plans double cross on missile defense
When it comes to keeping America safe, we shouldn’t be too flexible:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/mar/29/obama-plans-double-cross-on-missile-defense/print/

17 posted on 08/17/2015 1:19:11 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

AND...... the Chinese gave him the Curly Salute..
exited with the Curly shuffle.. laughed all way home..

Curley Shuffle- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKAfXdb5LsA&list=RDFKAfXdb5LsA


18 posted on 08/17/2015 1:20:34 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe
AND...... the Chinese gave him the Curly Salute..

In reality, Russia and the ChiComs have had no better friend in the US than Obama. He's done just about all he could to assure they achieve their "new world order" goals, of which he shares.

19 posted on 08/17/2015 1:32:03 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: ETL

And they laugh at him... like we do except as “black humor”..


20 posted on 08/17/2015 1:42:09 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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