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Biden CIA Appointee Worked With CCP Propaganda Org Conducting ‘Undercover Intel Ops’, Appears On China State Media
The National Pulse ^ | December 23, 2020 | Natalie Winters

Posted on 12/23/2020 2:23:40 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Michael O’Hanlon — an appointee to the Central Intelligence Agency External Advisory Board under the Obama-Biden administration — visited a Chinese Communist Party-run think tank identified by the U.S. government as conducting “undercover intelligence gathering” operations and seeking to coerce foreign actors into backing the Chinese Communist Party’s “preferred policies.” Also at the Director of the Brooking Institute’s Foreign Policy Research Team and adjunct professor at Georgetown and Columbia Universities, O’Hanlon visited the China Association for International Friendly Contact (CAIFC) on August 23rd, 2012 – the same year his Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) External Advisory Board stint ended.

Under President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, O’Hanlon served on CIA External Advisory Board, the brainchild of then-CIA Director Leon Panetta. It counted O’Hanlon as an advisor from 2011 to 2012.

Specifically, he paid a visit to the CAIFC’s Peace and Development Research Center, whose summary of O’Hanlon’s appearance noted he praised the center as one of the “most famous in China” and was “attracted by its reputation.”

“He came and hoped to hear opinions on Sino-U.S. relations and regional hot-spot issues from scholars of the center. The opinions he got may provide references for his book about Sino-U.S. relations which he was writing with Steinberg, former U.S. Deputy Secretary,” the summary added.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2011; 2012; 201208; 20120823; biden; bidenappointees; bookdeals; caifc; ccp; chicoms; china; cia; michaelohanlon; ohanlon; ufwd; unitedfrontwork; unitedworkfront
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1 posted on 12/23/2020 2:23:40 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Does anyone think for a minute that it’s either Civil War or submission?


2 posted on 12/23/2020 2:26:52 PM PST by BigEdLB (All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others-George Orwell)
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To: BigEdLB

There will be blood whether we fight or surrender.

Might as well fight.


3 posted on 12/23/2020 2:30:05 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far more danger from an authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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To: BigEdLB
"Does anyone think for a minute that it’s either Civil War or submission?"

Does anyone think for a minute that it’s NOT, either Civil War or submission?

Fixed it.

4 posted on 12/23/2020 2:31:03 PM PST by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. I will never be a peaceful slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; MadMax, the Grinning Reaper; piasa

From the article:


O’Hanlon’s praise and open ears, however, were deeply misguided. The U.S. government now identifies the CAIFC as an integral component of China’s United Work Front, which aims “to co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of its ruling Chinese Communist Party.”

“The United Front strategy uses a range of methods to influence overseas Chinese communities, foreign governments, and other actors to take actions or adopt positions supportive of Beijing’s preferred policies,” the U.S.-China Security and Economic Review commission’s report added.

The report singled out CAIFC, noting it is a “front” for the Chinese military:

“CAIFC is a front for the former PLA GPD which may now report directly to the PLA Central Military Commission’s Political Work Department.”

“CAIFC has additional ties to the Ministries of State Security, Civil Affairs, and Foreign Affairs, and it is a platform for deploying undercover intelligence gatherers,” the commission adds.


5 posted on 12/23/2020 2:35:14 PM PST by Fedora
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To: BigEdLB

I’m with ya.


6 posted on 12/23/2020 2:43:45 PM PST by HighSierra5
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Which is why yelling “Russia” is just cover for China being the true masters.


7 posted on 12/23/2020 2:44:32 PM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Which side will Michael O’Hanlon be representing?


8 posted on 12/23/2020 2:45:30 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie (I do not regret my decision to cut all ties with Fox News. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m going to look for a graphic showing all of Biden’s appointees’ foreign connections...


9 posted on 12/23/2020 2:45:38 PM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Can’t believe it ( sarc ) from CHINA JOE the puppet !

Bidet must be stopped NOW


10 posted on 12/23/2020 2:47:26 PM PST by Ulysse
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To: BigEdLB

Before long we will find out which side Pence is on. Will he side with the traitors and crooks or is he an honest man?

White House memo details how ‘Pence card’ can save Trump’s presidency on Dec, 23

Tom Pappert
National File
2020-12-22 00:00:00

A White House memo that details how Vice President Mike Pence is legally required to reject Electoral College votes from contested states.

Sources in the Trump administration confirmed to National File that President Donald Trump’s most vocal advocates within the White House have determined that both U.S. Code and the Constitution contain language that requires Vice President Mike Pence to reject unlawful Electoral College certificates, but Pence must act by no later than Wednesday, December 23.

The drafters of this White House memo believe that the federal check to the states’ elections resides with Vice President Mike Pence in his role as President of the Senate. Additionally, Pence has the sole power determine whether to reject impermissible states of electors. However, Pence is legally required to do this on the fourth Wednesday in December, which this year falls on December 23.


11 posted on 12/23/2020 2:47:26 PM PST by saintgermaine (THE TIME TRAVELLER )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I guess he can give a security clearance to himself then?


12 posted on 12/23/2020 2:49:17 PM PST by Migraine ( Liberalism is great (until it happens to YOU).)
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To: Sam Gamgee

OBVIOUS but it needs to be told AT LAST


13 posted on 12/23/2020 2:50:55 PM PST by Ulysse
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

14 posted on 12/23/2020 2:52:29 PM PST by Grampa Dave (If voting could change anything, they would not let us do it...!!! Posted by glasseye, 12/19/2020!! )
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To: All

I’m as shocked as you guys are.

Why doesn’t Biden cut out all the middlemen and just turn the entire government over to Xi?


15 posted on 12/23/2020 2:52:40 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: Sam Gamgee

Which is why yelling “Russia” is just cover for China being the true masters.

Navarro on US-China tensions: They are ‘increasingly a mortal enemy’

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro discusses holding China accountable for the coronavirus pandemic and attacks on American business.

As tensions between the U.S. and China rage on, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told “Fox & Friends Weekend” that President Trump has pushed both parties to take a tougher line against China.

“One of the great achievements of Donald J. Trump was to bring to the fore this concept of China as a significant, existential threat to this country,” he said. “Now, we are all China hawks, and I think it’s really important we come together as a country.”

The Trump administration has been adamant about holding China accountable for igniting the coronavirus pandemic. In doing so, Navarro said the Chinese not only attempted to squash the U.S. economy but also is responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of Americans.

CHINA USED INTERNET TROLL ‘ARMY’ TO SHAPE CORONAVIRUS NARRATIVE: REPORT

“Over 200,000 Americans have died. Why? Because the Chinese Communist Party infected the world,” he said. “It’s not just that they tried to destroy our economy and steal our intellectual property. They killed Americans, put Americans out of work.”

In order to establish accountability in China, Navarro suggested the launch of a presidential commission as a first step to calculate the cost of what the country has lost.

Navarro detailed that on top of the damage from the coronavirus pandemic, Chinese intelligence is still attacking the U.S. “every day,” attempting to steal personal and professional data, as well as the nation’s “soul.”

“Send them a bill, collect that money,” he said. “That’s how we hold them accountable.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/navarro-we-are-all-china-hawks-because-of-trump


16 posted on 12/23/2020 2:54:57 PM PST by Grampa Dave (If voting could change anything, they would not let us do it...!!! Posted by glasseye, 12/19/2020!! )
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To: saintgermaine

“”which this year falls on December 23.””

And the date today is ?????????? What’s happened?


17 posted on 12/23/2020 3:03:07 PM PST by Thank You Rush ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Secret Deals will be Horrifying


18 posted on 12/23/2020 3:06:06 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: Pajamajan

Your opinion treasonous Biden bit


19 posted on 12/23/2020 3:07:35 PM PST by BigEdLB (All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others-George Orwell)
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To: Grampa Dave

Problem is BOTH parties are to an extent bought and paid for. Even if they are not the GOP still hasn’t rallied around the idea that perhaps what Nixon did and Clinton accelerated was actually BAD for US interests. We need the GOP to admit it was all one huge miscalculation and the experiment failed.


20 posted on 12/23/2020 3:11:17 PM PST by Sam Gamgee
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