The CIA Utilizes YouTube to Encourage Intelligence Gathering from the Chinese Military
The CIA has released a new instructional video on YouTube, detailing how individuals can securely reach out to the agency via the encrypted Tor Browser.
In a bold move, the CIA has debuted a Chinese-language recruitment video on its YouTube platform, enticing members of China’s military to consider espionage for the United States.
This latest release, unveiled on Thursday, contributes to a targeted series aimed at both Chinese and Russian citizens, elucidating methods for secure communication with the US intelligence apparatus.
The series typically dramatizes a fictional narrative in which a character grapples with disillusionment regarding their own government, ultimately opting to collaborate with Washington.
The freshly unveiled CIA video, succinctly under two minutes in length, centers on a Chinese military officer. As the plot unfolds, he performs his duties yet is increasingly perturbed by the actions of his leadership, depicted as prioritizing “selfish interests” over national welfare.
Subsequently, the narrative shifts to the officer at home, where he contemplates the implications of inaction, expressing the sentiment that he cannot “permit these madmen to determine my daughter’s future world.”
Referencing the ancient military strategist Sun Tzu’s seminal work, The Art of War, the narration implies that while true victory is achieved without bloodshed, current Chinese leadership is eager “to dispatch us to the battlefield.”
In the video’s concluding scenes, the officer is portrayed retrieving a bag from a secure location at work and navigating through a military checkpoint to an isolated parking area. Once there, alone, he connects to a computer to initiate contact with the CIA, framing this decision as a “means of fighting for my family and my nation.”
The video culminates in a dramatic plea: “The fate of the world is in your hands,” before providing explicit instructions for downloading the Tor Browser to facilitate contact with the agency.
The text accompanying the YouTube post challenges viewers: “Do you possess information regarding high-ranking Chinese officials?
Are you affiliated with the military, or have you engaged with military personnel? Do you work within intelligence, diplomacy, economics, science, or advanced technological sectors?”
As of now, Beijing has not issued a response to the CIA’s provocative video. Nonetheless, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has previously characterized US intelligence recruitment efforts as malignant “smears and attacks” designed to mislead and entice Chinese personnel into “surrender.”
It’s noteworthy that between 2010 and 2012, the CIA’s network within China was effectively dismantled by the Chinese government, resulting in the incarceration or demise of at least 30 individuals, as reported in a 2018 investigation by Foreign Policy magazine. This breakdown of operations was partially attributed to a flawed communication strategy.
Source link: Aljazeera.com.
