18 Sep 20
The espionage threat which China poses to the United States is no joke.
Indeed, it probably makes more sense that there would be a ban on Chinese nationals or second generation Chinese from serving in sensitive posts or taking on research positions in technologies that ought not be leaked to abroad than it does to ban Iranians and others from entering the United States.
The FBI is opening a new counterintelligence probe of Chinese-linked threats “every 10 hours,” bureau Director Christopher Wray told Congress on Thursday, underscoring the threat Beijing poses to U.S. interests.
Overall the FBI has more than 2,000 counterintelligence investigations on China, which is “by far the biggest chunk” of the bureau’s counterintelligence work, Mr. Wray told the House Homeland Security Committee.
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“The scope and scale off this threat is really breathtaking, he told the House Homeland Security Committee.
He was testifying as part of an annual hearing on threats to the U.S.
He said Russia is “very active” in trying to influence the election through social media and other discord-sowing means, but the intelligence community has not seen attempts to hack the elections infrastructure like it did in 2016.
Mr. Wray said Russia’s efforts are “primarily to denigrate Vice President [Joseph R.] Biden and what the Russians see as an anti-Russia establishment” in Washington.
Mr. Wray was joined at the hearing by National Counterterrorism Center Director Christopher Miller. There was an empty seat left for acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, who declined to appear, citing a tradition that officials who have a pending nomination before the Senate don’t testify outside of the confirmation process.
Committee Chair Bennie G. Thompson said Mr. Wolf had agreed to appear, but withdrew that commitment after he was officially nominated earlier this month. The Mississippi Democrat issued a subpoena last week to try to force Mr. Wolf to testify, but he didn’t show.
“That he would refuse to come before the committee after committing to do so should appall every member of this committee,” Mr. Thompson said.
Homeland Security had offered to have the No. 2 official at the department, Ken Cuccinelli, appear instead. Mr. Thompson did not accept that offer.
Mr. Cuccinelli then publicly released his testimony he would have delivered.
One reason Democrats wanted Mr. Wolf to appear was to pursue questions about the danger posed by white supremacists.
Republicans, meanwhile, wanted to hear about the dangers from left-wing organizations they characterized as “Antifa.”
Without Mr. Wolf in attendance, those questions went to Mr. Wray, who said the FBI sees violence from a wide range of ideologies.
But he pushed back against suggestions from both sides that organizations are pulling the strings.
“Much of the violence we’re seeing it does not appear to be organized or attributed to any one particular group or movement,” he said.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/17/fbi-opens-new-chinese-investigation-every-10-hours/
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@philokalia said“
The espionage threat which China poses to the United States is no joke.
Indeed, it probably makes more sense that there would be a ban on Chinese nationals or second generation Chinese from serving in sensitive posts or taking on research positions in technologies that ought not be leaked to abroad than it does to ban Iranians and others from entering the United States ...[text shortened]...
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/17/fbi-opens-new-chinese-investigation-every-10-hours/
“Much of the violence we’re seeing it does not appear to be organized or attributed to any one particular group or movement,” he said”
more democrat abuse of power, and wray is one of THEM.
18 Sep 20
@mott-the-hoople said🙄
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“Much of the violence we’re seeing it does not appear to be organized or attributed to any one particular group or movement,” he said”
more democrat abuse of power, and wray is one of THEM.
I find it interesting that cofounder of BLM, Alicia Garza, has teamed up with Chinese Communists (CPA) to learn how
best to “gathers information about the ways that policy affects black communities” to educate and challenge lawmakers.
Very interesting! Do you think Christopher Wray is looking into this?? I don't.
https://nypost.com/2020/09/17/blm-co-founder-teams-up-with-pro-chinese-communist-party-group/
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The more we push forward the more the mask of BLM comes slipping off and leaving them exposed as to who they really are.
@earl-of-trumps saidHmmm.
I find it interesting that cofounder of BLM, Alicia Garza, has teamed up with Chinese Communists (CPA) to learn how
best to “gathers information about the ways that policy affects black communities” to educate and challenge lawmakers.
Very interesting! Do you think Christopher Wray is looking into this?? I don't.
https://nypost.com/2020/09/17/blm-co-found ...[text shortened]... e more the mask of BLM comes slipping off and leaving them exposed as to who they really are.
Drink Kool-Aid.
Communism bad !!
Bible good !!
Repeat.
Repeat again.
Carry on. 😛
19 Sep 20
@earl-of-trumps saidThat is certainly bizarre.
I find it interesting that cofounder of BLM, Alicia Garza, has teamed up with Chinese Communists (CPA) to learn how
best to “gathers information about the ways that policy affects black communities” to educate and challenge lawmakers.
Very interesting! Do you think Christopher Wray is looking into this?? I don't.
https://nypost.com/2020/09/17/blm-co-found ...[text shortened]... e more the mask of BLM comes slipping off and leaving them exposed as to who they really are.
Wray ought to look into that. But since it is BLM, it seems doubtful that he can touch it without incurring the wrath of the establishment.
He also talks a bit like he may be in the establishment -- the token conservative establishment, heed you, defined by fighting for fiscal conservatism and wringing their hands uncomfortably occasionally.
@mott-the-hoople saidWray was nominated by Trump and confirmed by the Republican Senate.
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“Much of the violence we’re seeing it does not appear to be organized or attributed to any one particular group or movement,” he said”
more democrat abuse of power, and wray is one of THEM.
Apparently you and the other right wingers here are mad because he won't repeat ludicrous fairy tales mouthed by the con man presently polluting 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
19 Sep 20
@earl-of-trumps saidOut of morbid curiosity, why should the FBI, a law enforcement agency, be looking into some nebulous relationship between Garza and an organization "that helps Chinese immigrants assimilate into American culture through citizen classes, English classes, and involvement in local activism. The organization has engaged in political action as the motive force behind Boston's Unemployed Workers Rights Campaign (UWRC) during the decade of the 1980s. Members have also protested for affordable housing in Boston's Chinatown following mass construction of luxury condos. Additionally, in 2014, the CPA has created partnerships with Boston supermarkets in order to bring job opportunities for Asian immigrants into Boston."?
I find it interesting that cofounder of BLM, Alicia Garza, has teamed up with Chinese Communists (CPA) to learn how
best to “gathers information about the ways that policy affects black communities” to educate and challenge lawmakers.
Very interesting! Do you think Christopher Wray is looking into this?? I don't.
https://nypost.com/2020/09/17/blm-co-found ...[text shortened]... e more the mask of BLM comes slipping off and leaving them exposed as to who they really are.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Progressive_Association
@no1marauder saidNever mind; it's just another example of right wing gullibility:
Out of morbid curiosity, why should the FBI, a law enforcement agency, be looking into some nebulous relationship between Garza and an organization "that helps Chinese immigrants assimilate into American culture through citizen classes, English classes, and involvement in local activism. The organization has engaged in political action as the motive force behind Boston's ...[text shortened]... for Asian immigrants into Boston."?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Progressive_Association
"On Thursday, an article from The Daily Signal, the weblog of the conservative Heritage Foundation, claimed to point out a damning hyperlink between a company began by a Black Lives Matter co-founder, Alicia Garza, and a nonprofit with ties to the Chinese authorities. The article went viral.
But the article conflated two nonprofits with the identical identify, and it made incorrect claims concerning the hyperlinks between Ms. Garza’s group and the Chinese authorities.
The story was titled “This BLM Co-Founder and Pro-Communist China Group Are Partnering Up. Here’s Why.” It claimed that Ms. Garza, an activist and organizer in Oakland, was receiving funding from a pro-China group for her challenge, Black Futures Lab. It pointed to the Black Futures Lab’s donation web page, which lists a disclaimer saying that it’s “a fiscally sponsored project of the Chinese Progressive Association.”
The report went on to element the obvious hyperlinks between the Chinese Progressive Association and the Chinese authorities, calling the nonprofit “a partner of the PRC in the United States” that has sponsored occasions with the Chinese consulate, reminiscent of elevating a Chinese flag over City Hall in Boston final 12 months.
But a cursory search of tax information reveals that the Chinese Progressive Association in San Francisco, which has teamed up with the Black Futures Lab, is a wholly totally different nonprofit from the Chinese Progressive Association in Boston, which sponsored occasions with the Chinese consulate.
After The New York Times reached out to the Heritage Foundation, The Daily Signal up to date its article, but it surely continued to falsely declare that there’s a hyperlink between the Boston and San Francisco teams. Mike Gonzalez, the article’s creator, mentioned in an emailed assertion that the historic ties between the 2 organizations was “actually fairly clear” and that they have been “united around shared goals,” however mentioned that the piece had been up to date “to improve clarity.”
The San Francisco C.P.A. was began in 1972 to assist working-class Chinese immigrants, in response to its website, whereas the Boston C.P.A. (previously often known as the Chinatown Peoples Progressive Association) was based in 1977 to advocate for “full equality and empowerment of the Chinese community in Greater Boston and beyond,” in response to its website. Beyond their names and the general mission of empowering Chinese-Americans, the 2 organizations don’t seem like linked.
A spokesman for the Boston-based C.P.A., Mark Liu, confirmed that the organizations are separate and unrelated, and that Ms. Garza and the Black Futures Lab had not obtained any funding from the Boston group. He additionally disputed the characterization of the group as “pro-communist,” calling it “an attempt to discredit and defame out work in the community.”
Shaw San Liu, the manager director of the San Francisco-based C.P.A., mentioned in an interview that the group had supplied “administrative support” to Black Futures Lab, however mentioned the group was not pro-communist, and had no ties to the Chinese authorities.
“This is a ridiculous disinformation effort,” she mentioned. “It’s just so clearly racist in the attempt to inflame anti-China sentiments and use it to attack Black Lives Matter.”
Despite the mix-up, the Daily Signal’s article went viral on right-wing social media on Thursday, finally turning into one of many most-engaged posts on Facebook. Breitbart, the far-right information group, shared it on Facebook, as did Ben Shapiro, the conservative influencer, who shared it with a single-word caption: “Whoa.” Donald Trump Jr., the president’s son, shared a Washington Examiner write-up of the report on Twitter. It was additionally featured by Fox News.
According to CrowdTangle, a Facebook-owned knowledge instrument, the Daily Signal article obtained greater than 15,000 shares on Facebook. A New York Post story concerning the supposed Black Lives Matter-China hyperlink obtained greater than 25,000 shares.
Conservative makes an attempt to tie Black Lives Matter to communist teams are years outdated, and have included digging up a assertion from one of many motion’s early leaders claiming that a number of of them have been “trained Marxists.” But there is no such thing as a indication that at this time’s Black Lives Matter motion has any formal hyperlink to Marxism, or to the Chinese Communist Party. As PolitiFact put it this 12 months: “Black Lives Matter has grown into a national anti-racism movement broadly supported by Americans, few of whom would identify themselves as Marxist.”"
https://worldauthenticnews.com/no-a-black-lives-matter-co-founder-didnt-partner-with-a-pro-communist-chinese-group/
(There's a full article in the New York Times behind its paywall debunking this as well). https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/technology/no-a-black-lives-matter-co-founder-didnt-partner-with-a-pro-communist-chinese-group.html
19 Sep 20
@philokalia saidIndeed it is not.
The espionage threat which China poses to the United States is no joke.
Nor the espionage threat which USA poses to China.
Nor the threat that any country has posed to any other country through the ages.
19 Sep 20
@earl-of-trumps saidChinese capitalists?
I find it interesting that cofounder of BLM, Alicia Garza, has teamed up with Chinese Communists (CPA) to learn how
best to “gathers information about the ways that policy affects black communities” to educate and challenge lawmakers.
Very interesting! Do you think Christopher Wray is looking into this?? I don't.
https://nypost.com/2020/09/17/blm-co-found ...[text shortened]... e more the mask of BLM comes slipping off and leaving them exposed as to who they really are.
@philokalia saidPhil, I can hardly view it as bizarre, myself, since the three leaders of BLM have openly discussed the fact
That is certainly bizarre.
Wray ought to look into that. But since it is BLM, it seems doubtful that he can touch it without incurring the wrath of the establishment.
He also talks a bit like he may be in the establishment -- the token conservative establishment, heed you, defined by fighting for fiscal conservatism and wringing their hands uncomfortably occasionally.
That they are well schooled communists.
Learn tactics from the Chicomms...? What's not to love, man??
No, Wray won't look into BLM as a domestic terrorist group, the dems would kill him.
19 Sep 20
@no1marauder Wray was nominated by Trump and confirmed by the Republican Senate.
And he still sucks.
19 Sep 20
@earl-of-trumps saidAnd the rest of No1s post? Would you care to address that?
@no1marauder Wray was nominated by Trump and confirmed by the Republican Senate.
And he still sucks.