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China is trying to blackmail US legislators: Director of National Intelligence
"China poses the greatest threat to America today, and the greatest threat to democracy and freedom world-wide since World War II,’ John Ratcliffe warned.
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 5, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — John Ratcliffe, the Director of National Intelligence, warned in a CBS News interview on Thursday that China is trying “through blackmail, bribery, overt and covert operations” to influence legislators to pass “only laws that are favorable to China.”
“I was so troubled by what I saw from the position as the Director of National Intelligence that I went and briefed both the House and Senate Intelligence Committees on this information, which they found surprising and troubling,” he added, referring to a piece he wrote for The Wall Street Journal, also on Thursday.
“If I could communicate one thing to the American people from this unique vantage point” as Director of National Intelligence, Ratcliffe wrote, “it is that the People’s Republic of China poses the greatest threat to America today, and the greatest threat to democracy and freedom world-wide since World War II.”
“I briefed the House and Senate Intelligence committees that China is targeting members of Congress with six times the frequency of Russia and 12 times the frequency of Iran,” he explained.
Beyond that allegation, however, he focused his piece on China “[robbing] U.S. companies of their intellectual property, [replicating] the technology, and then [replacing] the U.S. firms in the global marketplace.”
Ratcliffe, who was nominated by President Donald J. Trump to his position only this summer, mentioned several examples of successful Chinese attempts to steal “research-and-development secrets...”
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China is trying to blackmail US legislators: Director of National Intelligence
"China poses the greatest threat to America today, and the greatest threat to democracy and freedom world-wide since World War II,’ John Ratcliffe warned.
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 5, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — John Ratcliffe, the Director of National Intelligence, warned in a CBS News interview on Thursday that China is trying “through blackmail, bribery, overt and covert operations” to influence legislators to pass “only laws that are favorable to China.”
“I was so troubled by what I saw from the position as the Director of National Intelligence that I went and briefed both the House and Senate Intelligence Committees on this information, which they found surprising and troubling,” he added, referring to a piece he wrote for The Wall Street Journal, also on Thursday.
“If I could communicate one thing to the American people from this unique vantage point” as Director of National Intelligence, Ratcliffe wrote, “it is that the People’s Republic of China poses the greatest threat to America today, and the greatest threat to democracy and freedom world-wide since World War II.”
“I briefed the House and Senate Intelligence committees that China is targeting members of Congress with six times the frequency of Russia and 12 times the frequency of Iran,” he explained.
Beyond that allegation, however, he focused his piece on China “[robbing] U.S. companies of their intellectual property, [replicating] the technology, and then [replacing] the U.S. firms in the global marketplace.”
Ratcliffe, who was nominated by President Donald J. Trump to his position only this summer, mentioned several examples of successful Chinese attempts to steal “research-and-development secrets...”
Continue reading here...