America’s most dangerous enemies don’t always arrive on battlefields or launch missiles from across the ocean. Some carry press badges.
Some file news stories for state-run outlets. Others walk freely through the halls of power with an American passport in hand, and nobody thinks twice.The Chinese Communist Party figured this out decades ago, building an espionage network that thrives not in the shadows of military installations but in newsrooms, think tanks, and the lobbies of D.C. hotels.
The question has never been whether Beijing is running intelligence operations on American soil. It’s how many we haven’t caught yet. A federal courtroom in Virginia just gave us a fresh – and frankly disturbing – reminder of how close to home Beijing’s reach extends.
From the Daily Wire:
An American journalist will spend two years in prison for his role in a scheme orchestrated by a Chinese intelligence officer to steal classified information from the United States government.Pauken faced up to ten years. Prosecutors pushed for three. Judge Leonie Brinkema settled on two, plus three years of supervised release. His defense attorney, Charles Burnham, argued Pauken “wasn’t motivated by money” and simply wanted to improve U.S.-China relations.
Thomas Pauken II was convicted in June 2026 after he admitted to working as an unregistered agent for China from 2019 to 2026. Pauken, who wrote for Chinese state media outlet Xinhua News, worked closely with a person tied to China’s Ministry of State Security.
A noble amateur diplomat, apparently – one who just happened to pocket six figures and buy two apartments totaling $400,000 in 2023.
Another spy for China gets slap on wrist
Another spy for China gets slap on wrist
China is very evil just like Iran they do everything so underhanded too. We need to completely remove ourselves from anything we do with China they are really a mortal enemy to the United States of America! We need to have complete distance from them! Break all ties!
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