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CIA Director Identifies China As Greatest Long-Term Security Challenge
Ryan Pickrell
China/Asia Pacific Reporter
11:43 AM 07/26/2017



The head of the CIA has stressed that China is one of the most serious threats to American interests.

The U.S. faces a number of threats ranging from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, but the CIA head singled out China in an interview published Wednesday.

“I think China has the capacity to present the greatest rivalry to America of any of those over the medium and long term,” CIA Director Mike Pompeo told the Washington Free Beacon.

“If you look at them, they are probably trying either to steal our stuff, or make sure they can defeat it,” he explained, adding that in most cases, it’s both.

China is rapidly modernizing and advancing its military capabilities to project power abroad and contribute to the deterioration of American power and influence, especially in the Asia Pacific. In addition to asserting dominance in the East and South China Sea, the country has also been extending the range of its naval and air forces. China is preparing to open its first overseas military base, improving its strategic rocket force through regular missile testing and training and engaging in espionage to gain the edge on rivals.
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Chinese intelligence agents are suspected to have stolen over 50 terabytes of data on U.S. defense programs, including the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter and F-22 Raptor, acquiring critical information on stealth radars and engines. Su Bin, a Chinese businessman also known as Stephen Su, pleaded guilty last year to working with two Chinese military agents to steal military technical data on strategic transport aircraft and fighter jets produced for the U.S. military over a period of several years.

The spies reportedly said the stolen data would “allow us to rapidly catch up with U.S. levels” and help China to “stand easily on the giant’s shoulders.” The Chinese agents are believed to have also accessed plans for U.S. bombers and other weapons systems.

China should “show our gratitude and respect for his service to our country,” the Global Times, a Chinese tabloid, wrote in response. “On the secret battlefield without gunpowder, China needs special agents to gather secrets from the US.”

A Chinese dissident hiding in New York recently revealed that China has a vast network of tens of thousands of spies operating in the U.S.

“It’s the case the Chinese have an active campaign,” Pompeo revealed. “They are working it very, very hard, much like the Russians, and to a lesser degree, the North Koreans.”

Chinese forces “have as part of their mission to reduce the relative power of the United States vis-à-vis their own country, and one of the ways they do that is through these active measures, these spying efforts,” the CIA head added.

U.S. intelligence agencies have been striving to counter Chinese operations, as well as conduct its own operations. However, China devastated U.S. espionage activities in China several years ago, eliminating critical intelligence assets.

Beijing killed at least a dozen CIA sources and imprisoned several others, former and current U.S. officials told The New York Times in May. China considers foreign espionage a major threat.

“It is a major security threat that we cannot afford to ignore,” the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Daily argued earlier this year, “If a war were to break out tomorrow, intelligence would be our Achilles heel.” The military newspaper advised the Chinese military to step up its capabilities and prepare to throw punches when necessary.

The U.S. is taking steps to do the same, Pompeo claimed.

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Iran, North Korea, Russia, and now…China???

As the markets take pause over the next couple of hours in preparation for the Fed headline and consequent market tape action at 2PM EST, war drums are sounding all over the place.

Just a reminder that all is not well with geo-politics, and every nation is stating it’s case!

Is this the distractive news of the day? Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, oh my!

The headlines are zipping across the wires so fast that it’s hard to see who is on who’s side.

There is this RT Article: CIA chief: China tops Russia & Iran as biggest long-term threat to US

So just in case you were wondering, and just in case we didn’t have enough drummers on this football field, China is our threat. But what is long term these days anyways? From RT:

Speaking to the Washington Free Beacon, Pompeo marked terrorism and North Korea as the biggest short-term threats to US security interests, but selected China, Russia and Iran as mid-to-long-term concerns.

“It’s hard to pick between China, Russia and Iran to be honest with you. I guess if I had to pick one with a nose above the others, I’d probably pick China,” he told Bill Gertz, the Beacon’s senior editor and national security reporter.

ZeroHedge is reporting on possible North Korean Attempt to launch an ICBM as early as tonight, and in customary fashion, we are told to keep an eye on the Asian FX pair trades, especially USDJPY, USDKRW, and AsiaFX. The only problem is that:

“North Korea continues to defy the US and China’s demands to stop”

And just when we thought we were safe from the Russians, CNN kindly reminds us in a bright red banner “ News Alert” that hearings on Russian election meddling are indeed alive and well, and you can even watch it live as well (no pun intended and in all seriousness):

We have the War drum trifecta going. But why stop there. Seems like we need something on Iran just to make sure we have all our bases loaded.

And since we like the markets here at SD, why not get the market slant on the geo-political hostilities straight outta Bloomberg: Iran Says ‘Hostile’ U.S. Sanctions Vote Undermines Nuclear Deal

“Hostile” is one of those words that trigger-pullers use. You know, that whole “escalation of force” factor? And with the words “hostile” and “nuclear” right there in the title, seems like obvious escalation of force albeit ambiguous as to the immediacy of the treat.

More from Bloomberg:

Iran will “certainly respond” to this “blatantly hostile undertaking” against it, said Araghchi, who was a member of the Iranian team that negotiated the 2015 deal with world powers.

All of these articles are coming fresh off of recent tests of the United States THAAD Missile Systems, impressive Alaskan and California defensive AND offensive missile capabilities, and a possible resulting oil price that just doesn’t know what to do with all of this:

(WTI 4-Hour Chart Source: ThinkorSwim)

So on a day when the Fed is kind of in a pickle, but at least not having to explain their reasoning by means of a press conference, having the bases loaded and the war drums beating seems appropriate.

When the bases are loaded, most teams like to hit a grand slam. Is there a grand slam coming? Syria was in the news all election year long, and this year, well, not so much. However, the more headlines and the more countries that start coming across the news tickers, the more dangerous things become. As Gerald Celente frequently states, “when all else fails, they take us to war”. Question is, has all else failed? We will find out soon enough if things are holding together or not.

For the inner cynic in you, now would be a nice time to scoop up a couple Silver Shield rounds and just roll with it. Better yet, take pride in your country and pride in your stack with the SD War Collection.

Those will certainly come in handy after the missiles stopped flying.

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