Peter Schweizer avslører at 23 senatorer og kongressrepresentanter har gått i Kinas tjeneste etter at de sluttet i politikken. Det er en lukrativ geskjeft, selv om det går på bekostning av landets sikkerhet, forsvar og arbeidsplasser. Det forklarer også hvorfor Trumps tariffer møtte så sterk motstand. Systemet er kjøpt og betalt av fienden, som ikke lenger er noen fiende, men neste top dog.

However, Schweizer’s book reveals that many former congressional leaders, committee chairman, and rank-and-file members are lobbying for Chinese intelligence and military-linked companies.

The following 23 former members of Congress — the majority of whom are Republicans — have lobbied for Chinese military or intelligence-linked companies.

Noen jobber for Kina mens de er i posisjon. En av dem var Republikaneren Jeffrey Boehner, som var Speaker of the House. Da Senatet vedtok loven som skulle bekjempe Kinas valutamanipulasjon, sørget Boehner for at den aldri kom til avstemning i Representantenes hus.

Kina hadde hyret en av Washingtons mest prestisjetunge advokatfirmaer, og der Boehner fikk jobb som strategisk rådgiver etter at han gikk av. Penger lukter ikke.

China subsequently hired Squire Patton Boggs (SPB), one of D.C.’s most influential law firms, for $35,000 per month to block the bill.

SPB registered as a foreign agent of the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC, after decades of close ties to the Chinese government.

The Chinese currency manipulation bill sailed through the Senate with a 63-35 vote, featuring strong bipartisan support.

However, Boehner would not allow the bill to come to the House floor for a vote even though half of the House Republican Conference and an “overwhelming” number of Democrats supported the bill.

Squire Patton Boggs rådgir Kina på en rekke områder, herunder valget i 2020. De har endog en representant i Kina som sitter som medlem av folkekongressen. Systemene er filtrert inn i hverandre, men lojaliteten går bare en vei: Kina.

SPB advised and helped Beijing navigate “issues that will threaten their interests,” according to Schweizer. This includes guidances on the defense appropriations process, the 2020 general elections, and American policy on Hong Kong, Taiwan, Xinjiang, human rights, immigration, trade, and sanctions legislation.

Boehner’s firm has also advised for Chinese government-linked corporations such as ChemChina, China Railway Stock Corporation, Huawei, and Wanhua Chemical Group.

Chinese state-owned media often quotes SPB attorneys, who are often critical of trade and technology restrictions on Chinese firms working in the United States.

SPB also has strong ties to the highest echelons of the Chinese government; Nick Chan, a senior partner for SPB in China, is also a member of the ruling National People’s Congress (NPC).

De store kinesiske tech-firmaene er infiltrert i det militære. Det er ingen skarpe grenser mellom sivil og statlig i Kina. Tencent er et stort tech-selskap som hyret tidligere leder av utenrikskomiteen i Representantenes hus, Ed Royce.

Tencent is another massive Chinese technology company and the creator of WeChat, the popular Chinese messaging app with over 1.2 billion active monthly users.

The Chinese tech firm also develops technologies with military applications and is closely “fused” with China’s Ministry of Public Security and the People’s Liberation Army.

Royce tjente 330.000 dollar i 2020. Hva er det kineserne vil vite? Forstår de amerikanske politikerne hva de gjør? De gjør nok det.

De store tele-, kjemi- og tech-selskapene er gjengangere, og kongresspolitikere kan ikke ha skam i livet. Clintons forsvarsminister William Cohen gikk rett bort og stiftet et firma som jobbet for kinesiske klienter.

After Cohen served in the Senate, he became the secretary of Defense during the Bill Clinton administration.

He established the Cohen Group in 2001 after leaving the Department of Defense (DOD). The Cohen Group has touted its deep ties to the Chinese government, including Cohen’s first visit to China as a congressman in 1978 when he met Chinese Communist Leader Deng Xiaoping.

“[Cohen] has been a constant presence in the U.S.-China relationship, including commercial development and security cooperation,” according to the Cohen Group’s website.

Da Huawei fikk problemer, var det Cohen de fikk til å forhandle med Director of National Intelligence.

Washington liker å pynte seg med menneskerettigheter, men ledende politikere har ikke noe mot å jobbe for et selskap som utvikler ansiktsgjenkjenning og er kjent for å overvåke uigurene.

From left to right: Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), Rep. Toby Moffett (D-CT), and Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA). (United States Congress)

Vitter and Moffett received $70,000 per month from Hikvision, a Chinese surveillance company largely owned by a government-controlled conglomerate known as the China Electronics Group. The Chinese government uses Hikvision’s surveillance cameras to monitor Uyghurs in the Chinese Communist Party’s prison camps.

Vitter voted against the Currency Exchange Oversight Reform Act.

Boucher’s firm received $1.75 million in 2019 for lobbying on behalf of Hikvision.

En annen kjent Demokrat, Barbara Boxer, drev også lobbyvirksomhet for Hikvision, men fikk samvittighetskvaler.

Huawei er selvsagt med på listen, og her figurerer også lobbyselskapet APCO, som spilte en rolle i undergravingen av Trump.

From left to right: Rep. Don Bonker (D-WA), Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), and Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE). (United States Congress)

Huawei, another Chinese telecom firm with ties to the Chinese military, hired former Rep. Don Bonker (D-WA) and Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL).

Stearns and Bonker, despite being on the opposite sides of the political spectrum, both work at the lobbying firm APCO Worldwide. They also work together on a contract lobbying for the People’s Liberation Army-affiliated company COSCO.

Når man ser hvor omfattende salget av Amerika er, forstår man hvorfor Trump møtte så sterk motstand og hvor vanskelig det blir å gjenvinne selvråderetten. Landets egne politikere har solgt den ut.

Red-Handed’: 23 Former U.S. Senators and Congressmen Who Lobby for Chinese Military or Chinese Intelligence-Linked Companies 

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