WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An aggressive project by American authorities to root out Chinese espionage operations in the United States has actually snared a growing group of Chinese federal government authorities, organisation people, and academics pursuing American secrets.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Of The United States William Barr shows up for U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 4,2020 REUTERS/Leah Millis/POOL
In 2019 alone, public records reveal U.S. authorities detained and expelled 2 Chinese diplomats who allegedly drove onto a military base in Virginia. They also caught and imprisoned former CIA and Defense Intelligence Firm authorities on espionage charges linked to China.
On Thursday, U.S. Chief Law Officer William Barr, FBI director Christopher Wray and U.S. counterintelligence chief William Evanina will deal with a Washington conference on U.S. efforts to counter Chinese “economic impropriety” including espionage and the theft of U.S. technological and