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High-Ranking Chinese Defector Working With DIA Has 'Direct Knowledge' of China's Bioweapons Program—and It's Very Bad
2021-06-05
[PJMedia] In an exclusive story at RedState, Jen Van Laar reports that sources inside the intelligence community say a high-ranking defector from China has been working for months with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). According to Van Laar’s confidential sources, that high-ranking defector claims to have knowledge of special weapons programs in China—that include bioweapons.

Adam Housley first reported via Twitter on Thursday that "the increased pressure on China in recent days is due to a defector with intimate knowledge" of the program. According to Housley, FBI director Christopher Wray "didn’t know right away because they wanted to make sure they got all they needed before telling him."
because the CIA leaks like a sieve?
In fact, Wray was "ambushed" with the information, according to Van Laar’s sources, as was the CIA. "Sources say DIA leadership kept the defector within their Clandestine Services network to prevent Langley and the State Department from accessing the person, whose existence was kept from other agencies because DIA leadership believes there are Chinese spies or sources inside the FBI, CIA, and several other federal agencies," according to the report.
Posted by:trailing wife

#9  Sources say this and sources say that. If the source is from our vaunted intel community, his or her credibility is just about nil. I think we get better intel from FOIA releases of Doctor Falsie's email.

One thing I do believe: This whole episode stinks to high heaven.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-06-05 13:48  

#8  more evidence of decay
Last Days of the American Republic... we had a good run
Posted by: Graiter Cheling6933   2021-06-05 11:56  

#7   DIA leadership believes there are Chinese spies or sources inside the FBI, CIA, and several other federal agencies

Given how successful the former Soviet intel agencies were and how ineffectual those alphabet agencies were, its a damn good bet.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-06-05 10:06  

#6  â€”and It's Very Bad

..especially if you live in a dense urban environment.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-06-05 10:04  

#5  because the CIA leaks like a sieve?

Because the CIA since Obama and Brennan is on the other side.


Interesting speculation from The Last Refuge: Interestingly, one of the incredibly astute Twitter researchers who focuses on China, “aka Ben“, previously reported on the family of Sun Lijun who defected to Australia in February of last year. Sun Lijun was the former Chinese Deputy Minister of Public Security who was sent to Wuhan to manage (aka cover-up) the SARS-CoV-2 breakout. His wife and children fled China during the height of the pandemic spread.

As Ben noted: after Sun Lijun’s family defected to Australia in February 2020, Sun Lijun was arrested by the Chinese Communist Party in April 2020 under the auspices of corruption charges; a familiar way of dealing with those who defy the communist regime. If the defector identified within the Red State reporting is accurate, the description would align with someone very close to Lijun (likely), if not Lijun himself (less likely).
Posted by: Dino Angineting5447   2021-06-05 09:34  

#4  Ref #2: Turf is money. DIA will likely pay a heavy price for this....community indiscretion.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-06-05 08:57  

#3  There have been several "defectors" from China who were Wuhan Lab workers expose the CCP. They seem to disappear rather quickly.
Posted by: Spoter B   2021-06-05 08:38  

#2  It's a fair bet the various alphabet agencies spend more time and effort spying on each other than on actual enemies of the USA.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-06-05 08:28  

#1  DIA leadership believes there are Chinese spies or sources inside the FBI, CIA, and several other federal agencies," according to the report.


....or, DIA did NOT wish to have this highly successful defector project (or a host of others) summarily terminated.

Posted by: Besoeker   2021-06-05 02:56  

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