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FBI director: Chinese spies 'a whole-of-society' threat to US...
Washington Examiner ^ | Feb 13, 2018 | by Joel Gehrke

Posted on 02/13/2018 5:17:47 PM PST by caww

Chinese spies are spreading throughout the United States as part of “a whole-of-society threat,” FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers Tuesday.

The problem is exacerbated by the “naivete” of U.S. academics who don’t recognize the intelligence collectors among them.

“They’re exploiting the very open research-and-development environment that we have, which we all revere, but they’re taking advantage of it,” he said. “So, one of the things we’re trying to do is view the China threat as not just a whole-of-government threat but a whole-of-society threat on their end and I think it’s going to take a whole of-society response by us.”

The use of academic spies and education programs that U.S. officials regard as part of a plan to influence American public opinion are outgrowths of a long-term plan to facilitate Chinese power, they agreed. A major CIA research project, published for public consumption in 2015, concluded that Chinese foreign policy is a running a “hundred-year marathon” to displace the United States as a superpower by mid-century.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: buildthefence; california; china; chinathreat; christopherwray; confucius; confuciusinstitutes; daca; dreamact; dreamers; fbichina; hanban; prop209; proposition209; wray
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We've been warned....
1 posted on 02/13/2018 5:17:47 PM PST by caww
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There are probably more Chinese spies in California than any other state!


2 posted on 02/13/2018 5:20:34 PM PST by WonkyTonky (My gun is safer than the late Ted Kennedy's car)
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To: caww

The FBI should shut down the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, then.


3 posted on 02/13/2018 5:20:55 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: caww

The Chinese view their government as an emergent expression of their own beliefs and values....Their Gov’t is not a threatening separate entity from its citizens that they feel the need to be protected from, but a conduit through which the public can enact ideas and change for the betterment of their “collective” society.

Some think this is why the US deems their population a threat:...that we cannot match their capability if our gov’t and citizenry are eternally at each other’s throats.


4 posted on 02/13/2018 5:24:16 PM PST by caww
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The FBI is a greater threat to this country than the Chinese, IMO.


5 posted on 02/13/2018 5:24:33 PM PST by bkopto
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I work at a major research university in a department that actively looks for research sponsors, and it’s an open joke about the Chinese officers. Pretty much everybody presumes that they receive some kind of kick back from the home office. About a quarter of our fees paid from worldwide companies are from China.


6 posted on 02/13/2018 5:25:10 PM PST by glorgau
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Easy fix, 20 YEAR IMMIGRATION MORATORIUM...


7 posted on 02/13/2018 5:26:08 PM PST by SecondAmendment (Restoring our Republic at 9.8357x10^8 FPS)
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To: caww
Anyone with half a brain can figure this one out. Also, LOTS of Chinese families here with MOSTLY LITTLE GIRLS because little girls grow up and GET PREGNANT and pump out more Chinese!

There are upscale housing communities where I live with NOTHING BUT CHINESE and probably MOSTLY Chinese nationals who are allowed to BUY PROPERTY HERE OF COURSE (ANOTHER BIG MISTAKE BY AMERICA).

And what percentage of employees here (especially in the defense and aerospace industries) who are Chinese and also ACTIVELY SPYING FOR THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT?

8 posted on 02/13/2018 5:27:46 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: caww
Hey,
Russia, Russia, Russia,
stick to the diversion.

No China, too close to the Clintons.

9 posted on 02/13/2018 5:29:09 PM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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Chinese spies. Check.

Russian hacking. Check.

Macedonian hackers. Check.

Cover for Hillary. Check.

(not all of the FBI, but some....)


10 posted on 02/13/2018 5:29:10 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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US foreign policy and trade policies (and immigration policies) that have led to the enrichment and empowerment of China will prove to be one of the worst mistakes in our history. And few will admit it until it will probably be too late.


11 posted on 02/13/2018 5:32:04 PM PST by Will88
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“The problem is exacerbated by the “naivete” of U.S. academics who don’t recognize the intelligence collectors among them”.

Most academics today would/do gladly give them anything.


12 posted on 02/13/2018 5:32:05 PM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: caww

Those FBI guys, 25 years later, they catch right on to these things. Very snappy.


13 posted on 02/13/2018 5:36:31 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them.)
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I'd bet that 99% of the Chinese nationals present in the US at any moment are spies of some sort....military,economic or industrial.The other 1% are here to drop an anchor baby here so as to get a Green Card.
14 posted on 02/13/2018 5:36:50 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama & Hillary: The Two Most Corrupt Politicians of My Lifetime.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

I have noticed that a lot of the south east Asians and east Asians tend to date and marry white guys. Zuckerburg (No I don’t revere him) included.


15 posted on 02/13/2018 5:36:59 PM PST by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: caww

Nice of our government to finally recognize the threat - considering that it’s been going on for DECADES.


16 posted on 02/13/2018 5:37:37 PM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart...I just don't tell anyone)
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To: caww

Distraction.


17 posted on 02/13/2018 5:39:22 PM PST by NutsOnYew (If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.)
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To: caww

My relative in military intel attended the UT Austin graduation and
Freaked out about the number of potential spies at the University .


18 posted on 02/13/2018 5:41:18 PM PST by ncalburt
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To: BobL

Daddy?
Why do their jets look like ours?


19 posted on 02/13/2018 5:43:05 PM PST by himno hero (hadnuff)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

“...Chinese nationals who are allowed to BUY PROPERTY HERE...”

Lots of high-rise construction in Los Angeles (luxury apts and condos) now. I’m told that most if not all is Chinese funded.


20 posted on 02/13/2018 5:47:48 PM PST by Liberal Anti Venom (Freedom exists not to do what you like, but having the right to do what you ought. ~John Paul II~)
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