The CIA rolled out a new recruitment video Thursday aimed squarely at prying open cracks inside China's military establishment - already as a Xi CCP purge of top military officials has been underway, according toReuters. This latest video features a"disillusioned mid-level Chinese military officer"pitching other officers in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on the idea of quietly switching sides and feeding US intelligence - which seems a bit on the nose.
Reutersdescribedthe release as the "latest U.S. step in a campaign to ramp up human intelligence gathering on Washington's strategic rival" - though clearly there's apsychological operationselement to it, given the obviously 'public' nature of a video pushed directly by the CIA.
In the video, the fictional PLA officer declares: "Anyone with leadership qualities isbound to be subject to suspicion and ruthlessly eliminated" - an unmistakable nod to Beijing's ongoing purge of senior military brass.
The new video follows a similar CIA campaign launched last year targeting senior Chinese Communist Party officials, complete with detailedMandarin-language instructions on how to securely contact US intelligence.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe has boasted that those earlier efforts penetrated China's censorship firewall and offered officials an "opportunity to work toward a brighter future together."
"Our past videos reached millions of people and inspired new sources,"an anonymous CIA official told Reuters. One wonders, given the mass nature of the 'outreach',how many of these 'new sources' might actually be double agents dangled as bait by Chinese intelligence.
According to some of the dialogue featured in this new video release (machine translated):
"I pledged loyalty to the motherland and China's national security.But the leadership is corrupt. I once thought our leaders cared for the people, but they only pursue their own interests.They abuse power for personal wealth, sacrificing the nation.
My conscience can no longer bear it. I must act - for China, for justice. I contacted the CIA. They protected me and provided safety. Now I'm free to speak the truth. If you have info on high-level Chinese leaders, contact us. We'll protect you."
Earlier this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping belatedly acknowledged in public the sweeping crackdown, calling the past year "unusual and extraordinary" and claiming the military had "undergone revolutionary tempering in the fight against corruption."
Source: ZeroHedge News
