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| Editorial Cartoon past times Steve Breen |
Think it would sweat a political firestorm? Well, this calendar week nosotros learned that Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., had a Chinese spy on her staff who worked for her for xx years, who was listed equally an "office director" on payroll records as well as served equally her driver when she was inwards San Francisco, all spell 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, merely downplayed its significance. "Five years agone the FBI informed me it had concerns that an administrative fellow member of my California staff was potentially beingness sought out past times the Chinese regime to render information" Feinstein said inwards disceptation -- which agency the breach took identify spell Feinstein was heading the intelligence committee.
But, Feinstein insisted, "he never had access to classified or sensitive information or legislative matters" as well as was right away fired. In other words: junior staffer, no policy role, no access to secrets, speedily fired -- no big deal.
But it is a big deal. I asked several old senior intelligence as well as police enforcement officials how serious this breach mightiness receive got been.
"It's enough serious," 1 old top Justice Department official told me. "Focusing on his driver utilisation alone, inwards Mafia families, the boss's driver was amid the virtually trusted men inwards the crew, because among other things he heard everything that was discussed inwards the car."
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 old top CIA surreptitious officeholder explained to me what the agency would create if they had recruited the driver of a senior official similar Feinstein.
"We would receive got the driver tape on his telephone all conversations that Feinstein would receive got amongst passengers as well as telephone calls inwards her car. If she left her phone, iPad or laptop inwards the auto spell she went to meetings, social events, dinners, etc., nosotros would receive got the driver download all her devices. If the driver drove for her for xx years he would in all probability would receive got had access to her business office as well as homes. We would receive got had the source set downward an well device inwards her business office or homes if the chance presented itself. Depending on the accept from all of what the source reported, nosotros would utilisation the information to target others that were about her as well as exhibited some type of vulnerability."
"In short," this officeholder says, "we would receive got had a land day."
It seems improbable that Feinstein never 1 time discussed anything sensitive inwards her auto over a menstruation of years. But let's assume that Feinstein was extraordinarily careful as well as never discussed whatever classified information inwards front end of her driver or on whatever devices to which he had access.
Even so, 1 old top intelligence official told me, "someone inwards that seat could give an adversary a whole bunch on atmospherics as well as trends as well as attitudes which are from fourth dimension to fourth dimension far to a greater extent than of import than the things nosotros telephone outcry upward secrets." He added "It's similar [having access to her] unclassified emails." (And nosotros all know no 1 always exposes classified information on unclassified emails).
Washington is understandably focused on the threat from Russia. But according to FBI manager Chris Wray, "China from a counterintelligence perspective represents the broadest, virtually pervasive, virtually threatening challenge nosotros aspect upward equally a country." It was China, afterward all, which hacked the Office of Personnel Management inwards 2015, stealing the SF-86 safety clearance forms of many thousands of executive branch employees inwards the virtually devastating cyberattack inwards the history of our country.
Beijing has successfully recruited FBI agents as well as State Department employees equally spies, as well as has used information from US of America informants to kill dozens of CIA sources within the regime. And now, nosotros know they recruited a high value senate staffer who worked inwards immediate proximity to the caput of the senate intelligence committee.
Feinstein owes the province a detailed explanation of how she permit a Chinese spy into her inner sanctum. And the media should give this safety breach the same attending they would if it involved Russian Federation as well as the Republicans.
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Marc Thiessen is a resident beau at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Thiessen served equally primary speechwriter to President George W. Bush as well as to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Shared article on Fox News.
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But it is a big deal. I asked several old senior intelligence as well as police enforcement officials how serious this breach mightiness receive got been.
"It's enough serious," 1 old top Justice Department official told me. "Focusing on his driver utilisation alone, inwards Mafia families, the boss's driver was amid the virtually trusted men inwards the crew, because among other things he heard everything that was discussed inwards the car."
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 old top CIA surreptitious officeholder explained to me what the agency would create if they had recruited the driver of a senior official similar Feinstein.
"We would receive got the driver tape on his telephone all conversations that Feinstein would receive got amongst passengers as well as telephone calls inwards her car. If she left her phone, iPad or laptop inwards the auto spell she went to meetings, social events, dinners, etc., nosotros would receive got the driver download all her devices. If the driver drove for her for xx years he would in all probability would receive got had access to her business office as well as homes. We would receive got had the source set downward an well device inwards her business office or homes if the chance presented itself. Depending on the accept from all of what the source reported, nosotros would utilisation the information to target others that were about her as well as exhibited some type of vulnerability."
"In short," this officeholder says, "we would receive got had a land day."
It seems improbable that Feinstein never 1 time discussed anything sensitive inwards her auto over a menstruation of years. But let's assume that Feinstein was extraordinarily careful as well as never discussed whatever classified information inwards front end of her driver or on whatever devices to which he had access.
Even so, 1 old top intelligence official told me, "someone inwards that seat could give an adversary a whole bunch on atmospherics as well as trends as well as attitudes which are from fourth dimension to fourth dimension far to a greater extent than of import than the things nosotros telephone outcry upward secrets." He added "It's similar [having access to her] unclassified emails." (And nosotros all know no 1 always exposes classified information on unclassified emails).
Washington is understandably focused on the threat from Russia. But according to FBI manager Chris Wray, "China from a counterintelligence perspective represents the broadest, virtually pervasive, virtually threatening challenge nosotros aspect upward equally a country." It was China, afterward all, which hacked the Office of Personnel Management inwards 2015, stealing the SF-86 safety clearance forms of many thousands of executive branch employees inwards the virtually devastating cyberattack inwards the history of our country.
Beijing has successfully recruited FBI agents as well as State Department employees equally spies, as well as has used information from US of America informants to kill dozens of CIA sources within the regime. And now, nosotros know they recruited a high value senate staffer who worked inwards immediate proximity to the caput of the senate intelligence committee.
Feinstein owes the province a detailed explanation of how she permit a Chinese spy into her inner sanctum. And the media should give this safety breach the same attending they would if it involved Russian Federation as well as the Republicans.
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Marc Thiessen is a resident beau at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Thiessen served equally primary speechwriter to President George W. Bush as well as to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Shared article on Fox News.
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