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Politico Reporter Under Investigation for Serving as CCP Spy
freebeacon.com ^ | October 24, 2025 | Matthew Xiao

Posted on 10/24/2025 12:07:32 PM PDT by ransomnote

 

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In August 2025, a federal jury convicted Jinchao Wei, an active-duty U.S. Navy sailor stationed at San Diego's naval base, on multiple counts of espionage and illegal export of defense-related technical data to the Chinese government. Wei "agreed to sell Navy secrets to a Chinese intelligence officer for $12,000," according to the Department of Justice.

Weeks earlier, the DOJ charged two Chinese citizens with acting as agents of China's Ministry of State Security for recruiting U.S. military personnel and gathering intelligence. In March, the DOJ also announced a series of charges against 12 Chinese nationals for conducting a sweeping cyber-espionage campaign against critical U.S. government systems.

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TOPICS: China; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cap; ccp; chinesespies; espionage; europe; jianguo; jinchaowei; nato; politico; prc; spies; spooks; spying

1 posted on 10/24/2025 12:07:32 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

“Jinchao Wei”. How nice. Sounds Polish.


2 posted on 10/24/2025 12:10:54 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: nwrep

No Wei.


3 posted on 10/24/2025 12:13:44 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: ransomnote

Shocked......................


4 posted on 10/24/2025 12:13:54 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ransomnote

Politico

Reporter Under Investigation for Serving as CCP Spy

Surprise, surprise...

5 posted on 10/24/2025 12:16:21 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

LOL!


6 posted on 10/24/2025 12:16:57 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Navy Patriot

Sum Ting Wong.


7 posted on 10/24/2025 12:29:05 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: shelterguy

Wei Tu Lo


8 posted on 10/24/2025 12:52:10 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: ransomnote

these were small-potato spies.

Didn’t Bill Clinton and Hillary and Al Gore, sell bigger secrets/technology to China.

Did they get arrested and convicted?


9 posted on 10/24/2025 1:09:38 PM PDT by adorno ( )
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To: nwrep

The reporter-spy spoken of in the headline is unnamed.


10 posted on 10/24/2025 1:22:41 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Any relation to Wang Wei? The pilot(former).


11 posted on 10/24/2025 1:43:08 PM PDT by donozark (Trump isn't a fascist. America's trains still do not run on time.)
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To: ransomnote

Considering Politico is a communist rag, I can’t see why they don’t arrest the whole lot of them.


12 posted on 10/24/2025 2:43:15 PM PDT by redfreedom (They’re AWFUL...Affuent White Female Urban Leftists)
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To: TangoLimaSierra
"No Wei"


13 posted on 10/24/2025 2:49:00 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: donozark

“Any relation to Wang Wei? The pilot(former)”

Wasn’t that Captain Sum Ting Wong, or maybe 2nd in command Wi Tu Lo.


14 posted on 10/24/2025 2:51:46 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: ransomnote

“ European security services are investigating a former Politico reporter for working as a Chinese spy.
The unnamed reporter, who is based in Brussels, Belgium, “is suspected of using their position as a journalist to cultivate potential targets working in Brussels-based international organisations, including by making sexual overtures towards officials in these institutions,” European news site Euractiv reported, citing officials from three intelligence agencies.”


15 posted on 10/24/2025 3:06:42 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: Navy Patriot

Politico is owned by the German publishing company Axel Springer. But Russia is colluding to influence US elections... or something.


16 posted on 10/24/2025 3:14:23 PM PDT by brookwood (If you don't support abortion rights for trans women you are a Nazi. )
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To: ransomnote

October 24, 2025

“European security services are investigating a former Politico reporter for working as a Chinese spy.

The unnamed reporter, who is based in Brussels, Belgium, “is suspected of using their position as a journalist to cultivate potential targets working in Brussels-based international organisations, including by making sexual overtures towards officials in these institutions,” European news site Euractiv reported, citing officials from three intelligence agencies.

It is unclear whether the reporter’s departure from Politico stemmed from the espionage investigation. A Politico spokesman said European authorities have not contacted the company and that it “does not comment on personnel departures as these are confidential personnel matters,” according to Euractiv.

The investigation comes amid mounting scrutiny of the Chinese Communist Party’s espionage operations, with Chinese nationals facing arrests and convictions across the United States and Europe.”


17 posted on 10/24/2025 6:59:13 PM PDT by CFW
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To: ransomnote

Hee Bat Spai


18 posted on 10/26/2025 1:16:42 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Navy Patriot

Bang Dang Ow as the prison door shuts.


19 posted on 10/26/2025 1:22:54 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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