Chinese Equipment in U.S.

 

FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications

On paper, it looked like a fantastic deal. In 2017, the Chinese government was offering to spend $100 million to build an ornate Chinese garden at the National Arboretum in Washington DC. Complete with temples, pavilions and a 70-foot white pagoda, the project thrilled local officials, who hoped it would attract thousands of tourists every year.       But when US counterintelligence officials began digging into the details, they found numerous red flags. The pagoda, they noted, would have been strategically placed on one of the highest points in Washington DC, just two miles from the US Capitol, a perfect spot for signals intelligence collection, multiple sources familiar with the episode told CNN.   Also alarming was that Chinese officials wanted to build the pagoda with materials shipped to the US in diplomatic pouches, which US Customs officials are barred from examining, the sources said.    Federal officials quietly killed the project before construction was underway.       The canceled garden is part of a frenzy of counterintelligence activity by the FBI and other federal agencies focused on what career US security officials say has been a dramatic escalation of Chinese espionage on US soil over the past decade.         Since at least 2017, federal officials have investigated Chinese land purchases near critical infrastructure, shut down a high-profile regional consulate believed by the US government to be a hotbed of Chinese spies and stonewalled what they saw as clear efforts to plant listening devices near sensitive military and government facilities.

- Almighty God, this issue is outrageous – exactly because of the apparent obfuscation and tacit permission the Chinese receive for every moment their equipment continues to stand activated and receiving data in our nation.  We ask You Holy King, to causel local governments to step up and demand the removal of these listening devices near our military bases, immediately.  Thank You that the press has actually reported on this and provided relevant information.  We pray against this extreme threat from China.  We bind their long-term belief that communism will defeat the heart of the United States, and call for the presence of God to overthrow tyranny, in Jesus name. - "The Lord will be awesome to them, For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth; People shall worship Him, Each one from his place, Indeed all the shores of the nations."  (Zephaniah 2:11)