CHAIRMEN GREEN, PFLUGER PROBE DHS, DOD, FBI RESPONSE TO CHINESE FOREIGN NATIONALS' "GATE-CRASHERS'

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"These reports indicate that these intrusions, which U.S. officials describe as a form of espionage, seem designed to test security practices at U.S. military installations and other U.S. government sites. For instance, some Chinese nationals were reportedly detected crossing into a U.S. missile range in New Mexico and others were caught disguised as scuba divers swimming close to a rocket-launch site in Florida--a site used for surveillance satellites and other sensitive military purposes. Subsequently, these Chinese nationals report back to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) about what they learn."

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"In another case, while claiming they were "tourists,' a group of Chinese nationals attempted to physically bypass security guards at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, asserting they had reservations at a hotel on the military base, which is a strategic location for U.S. homeland defense and houses the U.S. Army's 11th Airborne Division. These encounters appear more than so-called innocent mistakes by foreign nationals on American soil. In fact, in June 2020, three Chinese foreign nationals were sentenced to prison for illegal photography of military sites at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida."

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"These persistent and multi-faceted threats posed by the CCP to U.S. homeland security have only intensified under the Biden-Harris administration. It is curious that while we continue to witness the CCP operating below the threshold of traditional conflict to deceive the U.S., the Biden-Harris administration displays weakness on the world stage inviting further aggression by the CCP. Our concerns are only further heightened in light of the Wall Street Journal's recent reporting about Chinese nationals posing as tourists to gain access to U.S. sensitive sites. To assist the Committees' oversight of the broad threats posed by the CCP to U.S. homeland security, and to examine your respective and collective Department's efforts to fully mitigate these brazen activities, please provide the following documents and information as soon as possible."

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