Posted on 06/18/2021 7:37:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
As the media laments being totally wrong about the COVID lab leak theory, more details are coming out about the Chinese defector who has been taken into US custody. The man alleges that he has knowledge about a slew of chinse bioweapons programs and COVID. He alleges that the current pandemic was caused by a lab leak, and that bats were the real cover-up story. The defector alleges that while the lab leak was an accident, it was allowed to spread. Our friends at RedState wrote about this first, but Jen Van Laar has a new development. The identity of the defector has been confirmed and he’s a high-ranking intelligence official with the People’s Republic of China:
Matthew Brazil and Jeff Stein at Spy Talk reported on the “rumor,” and gave the name and background of the rumored defector:
Chinese-language anti-communist media and Twitter are abuzz this week with rumors that a vice minister of State Security, Dong Jingwei (???) defected in mid-February, flying from Hong Kong to the United States with his daughter, Dong Yang.
Dong is, or was, a longtime official in China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), also known as the Guoanbu. His publicly available background indicates that he was responsible for the Ministry’s counterintelligence efforts in China, i.e., spy-catching, since being promoted to vice minister in April 2018. If the stories are true, Dong would be the highest-level defector in the history of the People’s Republic of China.
RedState’s sources confirmed that the defector is, in fact, Dong, that he was in charge of counterintelligence efforts in China, and that he flew to the United States in mid-February, allegedly to visit his daughter at a university in California. When Dong landed in California he contacted DIA officials and told them about his plans to defect and the information he’d brought with him. Dong then “hid in plain sight” for about two weeks before disappearing into DIA custody.
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Based on conversations with sources familiar with the information Dong has already provided and its quantity and reliability, that’s simply not the case. Not only does Dong have detailed information about China’s special weapons systems, the Chinese military’s operation of the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origins of SARS-CoV-2, and the Chinese government’s assets and sources within the United States; Dong has extremely embarrassing and damaging information about our intelligence community and government officials in the “terabytes of data” he’s provided to the DIA.
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In addition, Dong has provided DIA with the following information:
- Early pathogenic studies of the virus we now know as SARS-CoV-2
- Models of predicted COVID-19 spread and damage to the US and the world
- Financial records detailing which exact organizations and governments funded the research on SARS-CoV-2 and other biological warfare research
- Names of US citizens who provide intel to China
- Names of Chinese spies working in the US or attending US universities
- Financial records showing US businessmen and public officials who’ve received money from the Chinese government
- Details of meetings US government officials had (perhaps unwittingly) with Chinese spies and members of Russia’s SVR
- How the Chinese government gained access to a CIA communications system, leading to the death of dozens of Chinese people who were working with the CIA
Okay, so this goes well beyond COVID and bioweapons. It’s a window into the extensive and entrenched intelligence network China has established here. He knows the spies, who’s getting paid to be rats, and much else. The alleged studies showing the damage COVID can inflict on the world, specifically the United States only bolsters the lab leak theory. That it was intentional to curb China getting rolled in the socioeconomic arena. Trump had them on their heels, and this pandemic gave them breathing room. If China couldn't win, or succeed, then no one can. A totalitarian government that is conducting a high-tech genocide against the Uighur population is bound to do anything to accomplish their nefarious goals. Oh, and the Bidens are in this intelligence dump as well. As Jen noted, “Dong also has provided DIA with copies of the contents of the hard drive on Hunter Biden’s laptop, showing the information the Chinese government has about Hunter’s pornography problem and about his (and Joe’s) business dealings with Chinese entities.”
Yeah, not only is the COVID lab leak theory looking more credible by the hour, but also Joe being compromised by China and for being a shady dealer with his son looks like it got corroborated. You know, the 2020 October surprise that everyone decided to ignore. There are no more mean tweets, just a president who might be a pawn of Beijing. Nothing to see here, says the liberal media.
I think his real fear should be that two of the most powerful countries in the world want him dead.
Remember in both the US and China, the most powerful people will be exposed for the criminals they are. Both want him dead.
You think the Chinese are so dumb that we had to tell them that the top guy in their spook department has fled to the US?
To me it just doesn't make any sense..........
Further, it doesn't seem like this is the kind of work the DIA does, but I might be wrong.......
This defector chose to go to the DIA because, being an intelligence person, he knows that the DIA is the least spy-compromised agency in America’s intelligence bureaucracy.
The timing of the renewed commentary is such that it is the direct result of this defector.
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He defected sometime in mid-February. Well before that time however, an important article appeared in NY Mag laying out the evidence that COVID-19 may have originated the Wuhan lab. Then about a month later Senator Tom cotton got vocal about China’s duplicity and dishonesty with respect to the origin of the disease. In the months since then even more evidence has come out and the credibility of the leak theory has grown. Recently 18 scientists signed a letter published in Science magazine calling for an open investigation into the virus’s origins. Even the NYT has progressively softened its earlier charges of it being a conspiracy theory.
The point is, there has been a long lead up to the ‘renewed commentary’. The defector may be a significant game changer (that remains to be seen) but other players were on the field before he was.
Why would Dong defect now when he knows that Chinese assets control our Govt?
I'm sure you're an expert on these thing so I'm not going to question you.
But I'm not buying it......
Still not buying it. Why would the senior leadership of the CCP let this guy get on a plane to the US?
Nah, the Chinese knew... which leads us to the overwhelming question... who were we hiding him from?
What’s your best guess...
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Bookmark this post - if you think anything POSITIVE for America will come out of this development, you’ve not been paying attention for the past 8 months. If anything, it will be spun to show that it was an accident so no biggie. Anyone want to bet?
I posted my comment #53 before I read your post.
I will NEVER believe that the lab leak was an accident or a LEAK at all!! NOTHING anyone says will ever convince me otherwise!!
Wray, McConnell, Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff, Nadler, Fauci, to name a few
(My Guess…)
This nation is finished NOTHING that has been done with the election or this virus will EVER SEE justice,anyone that thinks otherwise is a FOOL!!!
I will admit that is a very interesting and pertinent question.
My first guess would be that they intended that he not be available to inquiring minds like Tucker Carlson, Rand Paul, Ron Johnson, Jim Jordan and their worst nightmare of all: President Trump.
If the leaks are correct, those would be all over the people exposed...and I suspect that will be the case shortly. I see a hardening attitude on the part of the conservative public...fighting the education system, the voting audits, resistance to the “white privilege” nonsense. It is an undercurrent now, not highly publicized but it could become a wildfire and this could be the match that starts it if the rumors are correct.
It just could be that the criminals will pay a severe price.
Accident or not, we all saw them lock down Wuhan to contain it locally,
while they let the infected fly to points all over the globe.
Hard to fathom how THAT could have been an accident.
Army Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier is in charge and appears to have a few more years. He's a Trump appointee. So as long as Pence didn't have a hand in his choice we could be OK here. The General appears to be squeaky clean. Let's hope he is.
Anyway he should know everyone is watching now to see how the biggest chicom spy to ever defect is handled.
Here's more on Berrier:
President Donald Trump has tapped Army Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier to be the U.S. military's next top spy, according to two people informed of the appointment.
Berrier, the deputy chief of staff for Army intelligence, was one of a handful of candidates submitted by the military branches to Pentagon brass earlier this year to be the next director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. The continuation of his rank was submitted to the Senate on July 1. The people who confirmed the appointment spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss information not yet publicly announced.
Important context: DIA is tasked with providing strategic-level information to soldiers, logisticians, acquisition officials and DOD decision-makers.
However, the agency has come under intense scrutiny in recent years from congressional lawmakers who fear its roles and missions have grown so bloated over time that it can't adequately confront new threats from nation-states like Russia, China and North Korea.
In 2018, the House Intelligence Committee approved the results of a years-long investigation into DIA, hoping to prompt some shake-ups at the Pentagon's spying arm. When the panel's recommendations later became public, a DIA spokesperson said the agency “continuously evaluates and aligns its support to meet evolving requirements and priorities.”
The pick comes a few weeks after lawmakers raised concerns about U.S. military organizations — DIA, the National Security Agency and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency — possibly assisting federal law enforcement surveil the nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd.
However, Joseph Kernan, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence, sent a letter to House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) assuring that he was not asked by anyone in the administration or the Pentagon to “undertake any unlawful or inappropriate intelligence activities that could violate civil liberties” in association with the protests and that the leaders of all three agencies had “personally assured me they have not received or made any such requests.”
What's unusual about the pick: If confirmed by the Senate, Berrier would replace Army Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley — who is expected to retire after a traditional three-year term as director — ensuring that the DIA would have back-to-back Army chiefs, something that hasn't occurred in six years, according to an agency history.
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Lieutenant General Scott D. Berrier, USA
Director
LTG Scott D. Berrier arrives to DIA as the 22nd Director and came from the Department of the Army where he served as the 46th G-2. In that role, he was the principal military intelligence and counterintelligence adviser to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Army, and the Army's Intelligence Community representative.
He is a career intelligence officer having served as the “2” at every level from Battalion to Combatant Command. The depth of his leadership experience ranges from Company Commander to Commanding General and Senior Mission Commander. His Army, Joint Service, and Special Operations assignments include service throughout the United States, the Republic of Korea, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
LTG Berrier earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in History from University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, a Master of Science Degree in General Studies from Central Michigan University, and a Master of Science Degree in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College.
His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (1OLC), Defense Superior Service Medal (2OLC), Legion of Merit (1OLC), and Bronze Star Medal (1OLC). LTG Berrier also earned the Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, and Ranger Tab.
LTG Berrier and his wife, Annie, began their Army journey in 1987 at Fort Richardson, Alaska. They have two sons, Cole and Connor. Cole and his wife (Mika) currently serve in the office of Senator Brian Schatz. Lieutenant Connor Berrier is a Naval Intelligence Officer serving as the Flag Aide for the Navy N2/6.
https://www.dia.mil/About/Leadership/Article-View/Article/2369284/lieutenant-general-scott-d-berrier-usa/
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