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Two Chinese nationals arrested for spying on US Navy personnel and bases
FoxNews ^ | 7/1/25 | Greg Whener

Posted on 07/01/2025 7:54:37 AM PDT by CFW

Two Chinese nationals face serious charges after they allegedly acted as agents of the People's Republic of China’s government to collect intelligence about U.S. Navy service members and bases, while also recruiting other military members to carry out tasks for the country’s main foreign intelligence service, the Ministry of State Security (MSS).

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Chinese national Yuance Chen, who resides in Happy Valley, Oregon, and Liren Lai, who traveled to Houston on a tourist visa in April 2025, were arrested on Friday. Both individuals face charges of overseeing and carrying out various clandestine intelligence tasks in the U.S. on behalf of the Ministry of State Security.

Along with assisting with the recruitment of potential MSS assets and gathering intel about service members and bases, the two men are accused of facilitating a "dead drop" payment of cash on behalf of the MSS.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chinese; militarybases; spying
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To: skinny old man

They’re not US citiso they can’t commit treason, they’re committing espionage which can carry a death penalty, However since the bruha over executing the Rosenbergs we’ve been reluctant to pull that trigger.

There are good reasons not to execute spies:

1. If they’re dead they can’t tell you about their target, mission or support network,
2. You have nothing to trade with to retrieve our captured spies.


21 posted on 07/01/2025 9:45:25 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Tell It Right

Agreed. These 2 spies are low level, so probably not much trade value if we need them for a prisoner swap


22 posted on 07/01/2025 9:47:43 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: CFW

Not “we.” Just the Democrats.


23 posted on 07/01/2025 10:04:06 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: CFW
...the two men are accused of facilitating a "dead drop" payment of cash on behalf of the MSS.

Brandon gets the usual cut?

24 posted on 07/01/2025 3:43:57 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

“Brandon gets the usual cut?”


I assume so. “Payable to Joe Biden; Attn: Jill Biden”.

I would think it has to go directly to Jill so she can forge Joe’s name on the check endorsement.


25 posted on 07/01/2025 4:15:17 PM PDT by CFW
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