(12-10-2020, 07:08 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(12-10-2020, 10:02 AM)mikesez Wrote: Think about this from China's perspective.  Swalwell has some clout, but not much.  Think of how many other honeypot spies they would have to send out before they'd actually get a steady stream of useful info.  Those spies are probably out there, and haven't been caught yet.

Spies are in it for the long game and their initial contact may not have much clout but everyone knows these politicians can stay in office for decades, at which point they likely would have clout. Or it's a matter of using the junior guy/girl to get to someone else. 

The intelligence community isn't always about the now, they're often looking into the next decade, or longer, depending on what their objective is. 

It is freaky to think there are people in this country whose sole purpose in life is intelligence gathering for a foreign country, corporation, terrorist group, etc., and we have no clue who they are. Our own IC may know a percentage but certainly not all.

I think the Chinese are trying to set up blackmail scenarios.  They thought Swalwell, for example, was an up and comer, and if he reached the Presidency, they could blackmail him.  She has an affair with him, they do some kinky stuff, she gets pictures, and then, if he reaches a position where he can be useful, they've got him by the privates, as they say.

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