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Curiously DIA, Not CIA, Not FBI - CONFIRMED: CCP Counterintel Defector Dong Jingwei Is Still in the United States, Debriefing Continues
2023-07-01
[RedState] Almost exactly two years ago RedState broke the story of the defection of CCP counterintelligence official Dong Jingwei to the United States. The “terabytes” of data Dong, the highest-ranking Chinese defector ever, brought with him to the United States included information and data showing “that SARS-CoV-2 was manmade and leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, in addition to evidence confirming that the People’s Liberation Army managed the Wuhan bioweapons program (and others).” While it was essentially ignored by the mainstream media and dismissed by the professional former spook crowd, it was a huge story – so huge that RedState was hit with a DDOS attack just hours after it was published.

Over the next few weeks, RedState published a series of articles outlining some of the specific information and evidence Dong brought to the U.S. and the corroboration that had occurred to that point. There were denials of the defection by Beijing and a few articles mentioning it, mostly in international outlets, but the small amount of related coverage in U.S. media generally didn’t directly mention Dong. (See the June 26, 2021 story, “Reactions to RedState’s Exclusive Reporting on Chinese Defector Dong Jingwei Show Disturbing Pattern.“)

However, China expert Gordon Chang told Tucker Carlson that he believed that Dong Jingwei did defect, and I appeared on Newsmax to tell the story.

There hasn’t been any reporting about Dong since, leading to speculation about his whereabouts or if he’d been “disappeared.”

RedState can now confirm that Dong has been in a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) protection program since his defection. A Defense Intelligence Agency source close to the investigation, speaking on condition of anonymity, provided this update:

As of June 2023, Dong Jingwei is participating in one of DIA’s protection programs. He has voluntarily participated in debriefing meetings since his arrival, and continues to do so.

The source further explained that debriefing meetings will likely last for years for many reasons, including the position Dong held in the Chinese Communist Party, the type and quantity of information he provided, the lengthy process of corroborating highly technical information without jeopardizing operational security, and the potential use of some of the information in ongoing U.S. counterintelligence activities. In addition, since Dong is voluntarily participating in debriefing meetings and is not compelled to do so on a particular schedule, debriefing can move forward at an uneven pace. But, those debriefing meetings have borne fruit, as will be shown below.
Posted by:NoMoreBS

#3  I bet his handlers are made fun of by their coworkers. It is hard to stay away from references to 16 Candles.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-07-01 09:39  

#2  My recollection at the time was that he didn't want to deal directly with the CIA and FBI because he didn't feel that they were secure, and he knew of penetrations. Cue a couple of years later, and we hear about ... penetrations. Hmmm.
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-07-01 09:23  

#1  As of June 2023, Dong Jingwei is participating in one of DIA’s protection programs. He has voluntarily participated in debriefing meetings since his arrival, and continues to do so.

The 'Silver Bullet' conducting the Klingon's domestic safehouse business.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-07-01 07:33  

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