Heads of FBI and MI5 issue strong warning about threat to the West from China

NBC News ^ | July 6, 2022 | Ken Dilanian

[kevin_in_so_cal]

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"In a first-ever joint appearance Wednesday with the director of Britain’s MI5, the U.K.’s domestic intelligence agency, Wray raised the possibility that China might be inching closer to invading Taiwan, noting that Beijing has been taking steps to shield its economy from sanctions that would come after such a move."

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“The widespread Western assumption that growing prosperity within China and increasing connectivity with the West would automatically lead to greater political freedom has been shown to be plain wrong,” McCallum said. “But the Chinese Communist Party is interested in our democratic, media and legal systems. Not to emulate them, sadly, but to use them for its gain.”

[kevin_in_so_cal]

I don't think anyone, especially on this site, have had the "Western assumption" they speak of since 1998.

[montag813]

Just in time for the Senate budget committee hearings. Staffers and lobbyists are back at work on Monday.

[stars & stripes forever]

How timely. BIDEN dipped into our strategic oil reserves and sold it to China. /s

[rktman]

2nd only to those pesky right wing white suprema-cysts and religious white nationalists.

[Uncle Miltie]

30 years late.

[allendale]

Really? What would we ever do without such timely warnings from these vaunted experts? Someone should tell them when you are late to the party, you get no cake.

[MtnClimber]

How funny that Xao BiDung and his son have a history of working with them. Maybe they should be on some kind of watch list.

[Perseverando]

How timely. BIDEN dipped into our strategic oil reserves and sold it to China. /s

10% 90% for the Big Guy!

[blackdog]

Someone’s gotta have a sit-down with the Big Guy. Or are they that afraid of Blackrock?

[mass55th]

The FBI can’t be too worried if they let Joe send our oil reserve to the country that is supposed to be a great threat to us.

[rbmillerjr]

When Peter Strozk is in prison, I’ll care what the FBI has to say....until then F Off.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The same China that owns Brandon?

That China?

[BradyLS]

Indeed. Why would China want to move towards freedom when their debtor states are steadily moving towards them?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Sorry. Those two leftwing organizations do not have any credibility with me. I’m going to have to see a lot of proof.

[FlingWingFlyer]

BTW. I don’t trust Biden’s butties, the Red Chinese either since they set up what looks like a Taco food truck on the moon.

[PGR88]

Heads of FBI and MI5 issue strong warning about threat to the West from China

So let's start an expensive and debilitating proxy-war against Russia! Makes perfect sense!

[Osage Orange]

Bidick just gave away oil to them.....Great!@@@@

[libertylover]

“But the Chinese Communist [Democrat] Party is interested in our democratic, media and legal systems. Not to emulate them, sadly, but to use them for its gain.” ...

“The most game-changing challenge we face comes from an increasingly authoritarian Chinese Communist [Democrat] Party that’s applying covert pressure across the globe,” McCallum said. “This might feel abstract, but it’s real, and it’s pressing.

I think I fixed it, but maybe I should not have stuck out the word "Communist".

[Little Ray]

NOW they notice this?
I think sensible folks have been worried about this for over 10 years!

[Jean2]

I am surprised by this. I thought China already owned both governments. /s