Jul 2026: CAN Citizen Accused of Spying @ NATO (split from CHN Superthread)

[The Bread Guy]

Cue Trump saying that Canada can't be trusted going forward because of this. Cue the comments on Carney's last trip to China and the economic agreements as being another reason why Canada must become the 51st state. F*ck me this looks like a well f8ck up.

Something about glass houses - this via AI on POTUS45's and POTUS47's watches, with the usual "AI can fuck up" caveat ...

AI ASSISTED January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021

Kevin Mallory — Former CIA officer. Convicted in 2018 under the Espionage Act for selling classified documents to a Chinese intelligence officer for $25,000, after traveling to China twice in 2017. Sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2019. pressreader

Jerry Chun Shing Lee — Former CIA officer. Approached in 2010 by Chinese intelligence officers who offered $100,000 and lifetime care in exchange for information; created thumb drives containing secret CIA information. Pleaded guilty in 2019; sentenced to 19 years. CNBC

Ron Rockwell Hansen — Former Defense Intelligence Agency officer. Sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempted espionage on behalf of China, admitting he received hundreds of thousands of dollars as a Chinese agent; arrested in 2018 en route to a flight to Seattle-Tacoma before boarding a China-bound flight.

Candace Marie Claiborne — Former State Department employee. Pleaded guilty in 2019 to lying to investigators about money received from Chinese intelligence agents in exchange for documents.

Xu Yanjun — Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) deputy division director. The first Chinese intelligence officer extradited to the U.S., arrested in Belgium in April 2018 while trying to steal aerospace trade secrets from U.S. companies including GE Aviation. Convicted in Cincinnati in November 2021 (trial/conviction fell just after Jan. 20, 2021, arrest and extradition occurred within the window); sentenced to 20 years. Department of Justice


Ji Chaoqun — Chinese national, U.S. Army Reserve enlistee. Arrested in 2018 for acting as an agent of the MSS, tasked with gathering biographical information on individuals — including defense-contractor engineers — for potential recruitment. CNN


Xin Wang — PLA-affiliated researcher. Arrested in June 2020 at LAX attempting to board a flight to China; admitted he was a People's Liberation Army officer sent to observe a UCSF lab's layout and report back to China.

January 20, 2025 – Present​

Yuance Chen & Liren "Ryan" Lai — Arrested June 27, 2025, for acting as unregistered agents of the PRC government, carrying out clandestine intelligence taskings for the MSS, including a "dead drop" cash payment, gathering intelligence on U.S. Navy personnel and bases, and recruiting military members. U.S. Department of Justice

Jinchao Wei (Patrick Wei) — Former U.S. Navy sailor. Convicted of espionage by a federal jury in August 2025; sentenced to 200 months in prison for selling national defense information — including photos/videos of the USS Essex and Navy technical manuals — to a Chinese intelligence officer for $12,000.

Shujun Wang — Queens academic, pro-democracy organization founder. Convicted by federal jury of acting as a covert Chinese agent, spying on and reporting information about pro-democracy activists to the MSS; sentencing set for January 2025 (part of a broader "transnational repression" case with MSS officials still at large).

Yuanjun Tang — Naturalized U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty in 2025 to conspiring to act as an unregistered PRC agent, gathering information on Chinese democracy activists for the MSS between 2018 and 2023; sentencing scheduled for January 2026.

Yaoning "Mike" Sun — Pleaded guilty in October 2025 to acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government; sentenced to four years for working as a political campaign advisor while executing directives from Chinese officials and disseminating propaganda.

Eileen Wang — Arcadia, California mayor. Federally charged with acting as an illegal PRC agent; operated a website posting pro-PRC propaganda, including officially-written content on Xinjiang, at the direction of PRC officials.

Thomas Weir Pauken II — American citizen who pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of the PRC, running intelligence taskings and reporting for MSS-linked handlers, receiving at least $100,000 between 2019 and 2026.

Ming Xi Zhang — Convicted of illegally acting as an agent of a foreign government; detained by ICE for deportation proceedings after his 2024 conviction, with ICE noting removal applies to noncitizens involved in espionage-related activity (arrest for deportation occurred in 2025).

 

[Czech_pivo]

Something about glass houses - this via AI on POTUS45's and POTUS47's watches, with the usual "AI can fuck up" caveat ...

AI ASSISTED January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021

Kevin Mallory — Former CIA officer. Convicted in 2018 under the Espionage Act for selling classified documents to a Chinese intelligence officer for $25,000, after traveling to China twice in 2017. Sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2019. pressreader

Jerry Chun Shing Lee — Former CIA officer. Approached in 2010 by Chinese intelligence officers who offered $100,000 and lifetime care in exchange for information; created thumb drives containing secret CIA information. Pleaded guilty in 2019; sentenced to 19 years. CNBC

Ron Rockwell Hansen — Former Defense Intelligence Agency officer. Sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempted espionage on behalf of China, admitting he received hundreds of thousands of dollars as a Chinese agent; arrested in 2018 en route to a flight to Seattle-Tacoma before boarding a China-bound flight.

Candace Marie Claiborne — Former State Department employee. Pleaded guilty in 2019 to lying to investigators about money received from Chinese intelligence agents in exchange for documents.

Xu Yanjun — Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) deputy division director. The first Chinese intelligence officer extradited to the U.S., arrested in Belgium in April 2018 while trying to steal aerospace trade secrets from U.S. companies including GE Aviation. Convicted in Cincinnati in November 2021 (trial/conviction fell just after Jan. 20, 2021, arrest and extradition occurred within the window); sentenced to 20 years. Department of Justice


Ji Chaoqun — Chinese national, U.S. Army Reserve enlistee. Arrested in 2018 for acting as an agent of the MSS, tasked with gathering biographical information on individuals — including defense-contractor engineers — for potential recruitment. CNN


Xin Wang — PLA-affiliated researcher. Arrested in June 2020 at LAX attempting to board a flight to China; admitted he was a People's Liberation Army officer sent to observe a UCSF lab's layout and report back to China.

January 20, 2025 – Present​

Yuance Chen & Liren "Ryan" Lai — Arrested June 27, 2025, for acting as unregistered agents of the PRC government, carrying out clandestine intelligence taskings for the MSS, including a "dead drop" cash payment, gathering intelligence on U.S. Navy personnel and bases, and recruiting military members. U.S. Department of Justice

Jinchao Wei (Patrick Wei) — Former U.S. Navy sailor. Convicted of espionage by a federal jury in August 2025; sentenced to 200 months in prison for selling national defense information — including photos/videos of the USS Essex and Navy technical manuals — to a Chinese intelligence officer for $12,000.

Shujun Wang — Queens academic, pro-democracy organization founder. Convicted by federal jury of acting as a covert Chinese agent, spying on and reporting information about pro-democracy activists to the MSS; sentencing set for January 2025 (part of a broader "transnational repression" case with MSS officials still at large).

Yuanjun Tang — Naturalized U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty in 2025 to conspiring to act as an unregistered PRC agent, gathering information on Chinese democracy activists for the MSS between 2018 and 2023; sentencing scheduled for January 2026.

Yaoning "Mike" Sun — Pleaded guilty in October 2025 to acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government; sentenced to four years for working as a political campaign advisor while executing directives from Chinese officials and disseminating propaganda.

Eileen Wang — Arcadia, California mayor. Federally charged with acting as an illegal PRC agent; operated a website posting pro-PRC propaganda, including officially-written content on Xinjiang, at the direction of PRC officials.

Thomas Weir Pauken II — American citizen who pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of the PRC, running intelligence taskings and reporting for MSS-linked handlers, receiving at least $100,000 between 2019 and 2026.

Ming Xi Zhang — Convicted of illegally acting as an agent of a foreign government; detained by ICE for deportation proceedings after his 2024 conviction, with ICE noting removal applies to noncitizens involved in espionage-related activity (arrest for deportation occurred in 2025).

Friend, you're using logic and facts about an issue. When has Trump ever used either of those when belittling us or others, either as '45 or '47?

NONE of those facts will matter. He will stand in front of the US public and use this recent example against us as yet another reason why we can't be trusted. Do you think that Carney or any Sr CDN official will publicly list any of the above names/examples that you've listed? Do you think Minister Leblanc will go on CNN and say to Wolf Blitzer or one of the talking heads on Fox News and say, 'Well Wolf, I'd like to point out the Patrick Wei, a US sailor was convicted for selling national defense information or that Eileen Wang, the mayor of the city of Arcadia in California was charged as acting as a Chinese spy?

 

[Altair]

Friend, you're using logic and facts about an issue. When has Trump ever used either of those when belittling us or others, either as '45 or '47?

NONE of those facts will matter. He will stand in front of the US public and use this recent example against us as yet another reason why we can't be trusted. Do you think that Carney or any Sr CDN official will publicly list any of the above names/examples that you've listed? Do you think Minister Leblanc will go on CNN and say to Wolf Blitzer or one of the talking heads on Fox News and say, 'Well Wolf, I'd like to point out the Patrick Wei, a US sailor was convicted for selling national defense information or that Eileen Wang, the mayor of the city of Arcadia in California was charged as acting as a Chinese spy?

He is blaming Canada for fentanyl, illegal immigration and smoke.

I don't think we need to worry. If there isn't a legitimate reason, he will just make up one. In so many ways, nothing matters.