{"id":146891,"date":"2023-09-06T09:15:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T13:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=146891"},"modified":"2023-09-05T06:50:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T10:50:08","slug":"chinese-nationals-pretending-to-be-spies-to-get-into-u-s-military-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=146891","title":{"rendered":"Chinese nationals pretending to be spies to get into U.S. Military bases"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Military and the FBI has tracked over 100 incidents of Chinese nationals trying to get into U.S. military bases and other federal installations. They pretend to be tourists who “missed out on some details.” For example, following navigation instructions to the nearest fast-food establishment located on the base, stranding into the wrong section of the base and taking pictures of sensitive areas, or deviating from guided White House tours to take pictures of communications equipment and Secret Service positions.<\/p>\n

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Those responsible, dubbed “gate crashers,” range from Chinese nationals detected crossing into a U.S. missile range in New Mexico, to scuba divers caught swimming in murky waters near a U.S. government rocket launch site in Florida, several U.S. officials recently told The Wall Street Journal. The growing trend represents a potential espionage threat, as authorities believe the Chinese government in some cases is compelling nationals into service in order to test out and report back about security practices at the installations.<\/p>\n

The FBI, Department of Defense and other agencies held a review late last year centered around deterring these incidents. It is not known how many incidents were benign in nature. For example, some Chinese nationals claim to have been following Google Maps to the nearest McDonald’s or Burger King, which happens to be located on a nearby military base.<\/p>\n

In other more concerning incidents, Chinese nationals arrived saying they had a reservation at a hotel on a military base. Recently, a group of Chinese nationals purporting to be tourists tried to force their way past guards at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, claiming they had reservations at a commercial hotel on the base, according to the Journal.<\/p>\n

Fort Wainwright is home to the U.S. Army’s 11th Airborne Division focused on Arctic warfare.<\/p>\n

A Pentagon spokesperson told the Journal that in some cases Chinese nationals have achieved unauthorized access to military bases by speeding through security checkpoints. In those incidents, they are “often cited criminally, barred from future installation access and escorted off-base,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Officials told the Journal the incidents have occurred in rural areas where tourism is less common and far from a commercial airport. They said the Chinese nationals often use what officials described as scripted language, claiming when stopped that they are tourists who have lost their way.<\/p>\n

This type of low-level Chinese intelligence collection is more of a numbers game, a former Senate Intelligence Committee official told the Journal, explaining how the Chinese government is willing to throw numerous people at collection, knowing that if a few get caught it will be difficult for the U.S. government to prove anything nefarious beyond trespassing.<\/p>\n

The same treatment of shrugging off the incidents as trespassing would not be afforded to Americans if they were caught doing the same inside China, the former official added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News has additional information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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