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2018-08-11 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Washington Post Columnist: Dianne Feinstein Must Explain Chinese Spy on Staff

[Breitbart] Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has yet to explain how a Chinese spy came to work for her for decades, including while she was chair of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen, who has written a book about the CIA and often writes about foreign policy, national security, and intelligence.

In his latest column, Thiessen writes (original links):

Imagine if it emerged that the Republican chairman of the House or Senate intelligence committee had a Russian spy working on their staff. Think it would cause a political firestorm? Well, this month we learned that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) had a Chinese spy on her staff who worked for her for about 20 years, was listed as an "office director" on payroll records and served as her driver when she was in San Francisco, all while reporting to China’s Ministry of State Security through China’s San Francisco Consulate. The reaction of the mainstream media? Barely a peep.

Feinstein acknowledged the infiltration but played down its significance. "Five years ago the FBI informed me it had concerns that an administrative member of my California staff was potentially being sought out by the Chinese government to provide information," Feinstein said in a statement ‐ which means the breach took place while Feinstein was heading the Intelligence Committee. But, Feinstein insisted, "he never had access to classified or sensitive information or legislative matters" and was immediately fired. In other words: junior staffer, no policy role, no access to secrets, quickly fired ‐ no big deal.

But it is a big deal....

Feinstein owes the country a detailed explanation of how she let a Chinese spy into her inner sanctum. And the media should give this security breach the same attention they would if it involved Russia and the Republicans.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-08-11 03:14|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Please file under Clinton home brew servers and Obama passports. Please also keep in mind that the Trump-Russian collusion is the real problem.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-08-11 03:30|| 2018-08-11 03:30|| Front Page Top

#2 ...The Post can afford one brief squib asking questions. The rest of the paper wants this to go away and PDQ at that.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-08-11 06:41|| 2018-08-11 06:41|| Front Page Top

#3 "he never had access to classified or sensitive information or legislative matters"

"Hey, WongGuy, can you get my laptop?"

Posted by Skidmark 2018-08-11 08:51|| 2018-08-11 08:51|| Front Page Top

#4 "He barely understands English, anyways"?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-08-11 08:58|| 2018-08-11 08:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Kevin "de León" will be no better

Early life
Kevin Leon was born in Los Angeles to Andrés Leon and Carmen Osorio, of Guatemalan, Mexican, descent.[3] He grew up in the Logan Heights neighborhood in San Diego with his mother.[4] Both parents had separate families of their own when he was born. He also spent part of his youth in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.[4]

The first in his family to graduate from high school, he briefly attended the University of California, Santa Barbara before dropping out. He later earned a bachelor's degree from Pitzer College in 2003.[5]

While attending UC Santa Barbara, he began going by Kevin de León; but has not legally changed his name and so it's still Leon not de Leon.[6]

Posted by Frank G 2018-08-11 09:15|| 2018-08-11 09:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes, Frank, from your stand point and mine "de Leon" will be no better. But I think Democrats have concluded that Feinstein has become expendable.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-08-11 10:17|| 2018-08-11 10:17|| Front Page Top

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