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Telling tales: brother of disgraced Chinese presidential aide Ling Jihua defects to US and reveals..
SCMP ^ | February 04, 2016

Posted on 02/04/2016 2:21:48 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

Telling tales: brother of disgraced Chinese presidential aide Ling Jihua defects to US and reveals state secrets, says report

American news website Washington Free Beacon also claims undercover mainland agents in the US have been trying to capture or kill Ling Wancheng, who has been hiding in the country

PUBLISHED : Thursday, 04 February, 2016, 11:52am

UPDATED : Thursday, 04 February, 2016, 12:48pm

The younger brother of the disgraced former Chinese presidential aide Ling Jihua has reportedly defected to the United States and revealed some of the mainland’s most confidential intelligence to the American government.

The American news website Washington Free Beacon also reported on Wednesday that undercover Chinese agents in the US had been trying to capture or kill Ling Wancheng, who has been hiding in the country.

Ling Wancheng had revealed secrets involving procedures for Chinese leaders when using nuclear weapons, including the release codes for nuclear armaments and steps taken in preparing nuclear forces for attack, the report said.

Other secrets he revealed included details about the Chinese leadership and its facilities, including the compound in Beijing known as Zhongnanhai, which is the headquarters of China’s central government and also the residence of the most senior Chinese leaders.

This information would be valuable to US internet spies, specifically for cyber intelligence operations that targeted the secretive Chinese leadership, the report said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; lingjihua; lingwancheng; prc; spies; spooks
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1 posted on 02/04/2016 2:21:48 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; Jeff Head; Tainan; hedgetrimmer; Unam Sanctam; taxesareforever; Avenger; ...

P!


2 posted on 02/04/2016 2:22:21 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Hmm. Nothing like alerting any Chinese agents who didn’t already know about his presence.


3 posted on 02/04/2016 2:27:21 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://wEven thouww.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Well, Hillary gave the Chinese top secret information. It is only fair one of theirs does the same.


4 posted on 02/04/2016 2:35:57 AM PST by Mark17 (Thank God I have Jesus, there's more wealth in my soul than acres of diamonds and mountains of gold)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I read this yesterday, very interesting stuff.


5 posted on 02/04/2016 2:45:44 AM PST by StoneWall Brigade (Vote Tom Hoefling of America's Party for President the only person to restore the Republic)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Watch out they have friends in the clintons, death pool alert, hillary will have to answer the phone at 3 am you can bet on that!


6 posted on 02/04/2016 2:54:04 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Other secrets he revealed included details about the Chinese leadership and its facilities, including the compound in Beijing known as Zhongnanhai, which is the headquarters of China’s central government and also the residence of the most senior Chinese leaders. This information would be valuable to US internet spies, specifically for cyber intelligence operations that targeted the secretive Chinese leadership

Not any more!!!

7 posted on 02/04/2016 3:37:50 AM PST by Go Gordon (Barack McGreevey Obama)
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To: Go Gordon; TigerLikesRooster

The report is from China, so it’s may very well be an exaggeration


8 posted on 02/04/2016 3:43:51 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Direct from the Probably too good to be true department.
9 posted on 02/04/2016 5:04:41 AM PST by Fhios (circa 2016: Truth will be outlawed unless pre-approved.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

This guy won’t be alive for long if Hillary gets power. She will take the bribe money from the Chinese and tell the hit-men where he is living.


10 posted on 02/04/2016 5:29:10 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus
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To: Flavious_Maximus

“The Chinese government has been negotiating with the US over Ling Wancheng’s repatriation.”

Ling won’t make it to the Hillary inauguration. Obama’s already bought Ling’s return First Class ticket on Air China. Zero’s just trying to figure out how many Gitmo jihadis he can release as a result of the “negotiations”.


11 posted on 02/04/2016 5:35:44 AM PST by moovova
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To: Mark17

The only difference is Hillary did not leave for China!


12 posted on 02/04/2016 5:36:09 AM PST by Lockbox
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To: Lockbox

“The only difference is Hillary did not leave for China!”
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I say we all chip in and buy her a one-way ticket to Beijing.


13 posted on 02/04/2016 7:02:59 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Politicians and diapers must be changed often and for the same reason.....Mark Twain)
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To: Zhang Fei

China Ping, For Your Interest.


14 posted on 02/04/2016 10:06:50 AM PST by BeauBo
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Although this whale jumped onto their ship - this is a major coup for US intelligence agencies. The last major walk-in that we (i.e. non need-to-know civilians) know of happened in March 2001. It may have triggered the April 2001 EP-3 incident off the coast of Hainan. More details at this link. I bet it's a real adrenaline rush when an asset comes in from the cold with his limbs intact.
15 posted on 02/04/2016 10:22:10 AM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: BeauBo
It was never a realistic possibility that Ling, a naturalized US citizen, would be extradited, unless he was shown to have taken part in Holocaust atrocities.:-) According to a Chinese acquaintance, the Ling siblings have unusual names, possibly minted at the peak of revolutionary fervor by their parents. Ling Jihua is literally Ling Plan (as in 5 year plan?). Ling Wancheng is Ling Complete (as in complete mission?). Linghu Luxian is Ling Route (as in Route Army?) Ling Zhengce is Ling Policy. This is in stark contrast to the translations of Chinese names I've read in pulpy English language fiction on China by Lin Yutang, and orientalist Robert van Gulik, which tend towards the flowery, and in some cases (Deng Xiaoping aka Deng Little Peace) express the aspirations of the parents re that particular kid.
16 posted on 02/04/2016 10:38:20 AM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Zhang Fei

“Although this whale jumped onto their ship - this is a major coup for US intelligence agencies.”

Apparently, there are a lot of big players in China looking to get out. There has been a spate of recent disappearances of Chinese billionaires - unknown whether they have been detained by the government, have bolted the country, or some mix of these. Capital flight has continued to accelerate since last August’s financial crisis, despite the government’s attempts to restrict it.

High ranking politicians and Party apparatchiks are also looking to bolt, as the internal party purge has gotten nastier than it has been in decades.

There could be more where this asset came from, but it would be hard to get a better positioned asset than the top leader’s chief of staff.


17 posted on 02/04/2016 11:05:34 AM PST by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo
High ranking politicians and Party apparatchiks are also looking to bolt, as the internal party purge has gotten nastier than it has been in decades.

If Xi ever loses power, he may end up in front of a firing squad, or simply disappeared and buried without a trace. That's the thing about a term-limited non-hereditary dictatorship where the dictator holds absolute power - the structure is inherently unstable - the temptation is always for the dictator to entrench himself in power as Xi is doing now. If the Politburo doesn't quash Xi, he will become President-for-Life, because stepping down will mean going into exile to avoid the wrath of his enemies.

18 posted on 02/04/2016 11:13:24 AM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Zhang Fei

The future of China is at stake in these palace intrigues.

An economic crisis will ramp up the heat.

The Deng Era is over.


19 posted on 02/04/2016 11:20:54 AM PST by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

Could see a new “Cultural Revolution”.


20 posted on 02/04/2016 11:21:28 AM PST by dfwgator
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