Base Cuba: An 'unprecedented new threat' from China

[mystery-ak]

June 9, 2023
Base Cuba: An 'unprecedented new threat' from China
By Monica Showalter

With weak, doddering, and likely compromised Joe Biden at the helm of the U.S., the Chinese are moving fast now, taking their cold war with the U.S. deep into our hemisphere.

It's not just illegal police stations, extensive spying on Congress members, and brazen balloon surveillance.

Now this shocking news came out yesterday about China's reach into the U.S.-dominated Caribbean.

According to the Wall Street Journal:

WASHINGTON — China and Cuba have reached a secret agreement for China to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island, in a brash new geopolitical challenge by Beijing to the U.S., according to U.S. officials familiar with highly classified intelligence.

An eavesdropping facility in Cuba, roughly 100 miles from Florida, would allow Chinese intelligence services to scoop up electronic communications throughout the southeastern U.S., where many military bases are located, and monitor U.S. ship traffic.

Officials familiar with the matter said that China has agreed to pay cash-strapped Cuba several billion dollars to allow it to build the eavesdropping station and that the two countries had reached an agreement in principle.

The revelation about the planned site has sparked alarm within the Biden administration because of Cuba's proximity to the U.S. mainland. Washington regards Beijing as its most significant economic and military rival. A Chinese base with advanced military and intelligence capabilities in the U.S.'s backyard could be an unprecedented new threat.

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[Kamaji]

Just bathe it in overwhelming signals broadcast from southern Florida.

[DefiantMassRINO]

 

... wait until the Chi-coms build an amusement park next to the Pentagon.  But, the cheap sneakers and iPhones are worth it.

[bigheadfred]

Just bathe it in overwhelming signals broadcast from southern Florida.

Yeah. Like CNN.

[mountaineer]

US confirms China has had a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019
By AAMER MADHANI
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, part of a global effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligence-gathering capabilities, according to a Biden administration official.

The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the U.S. intelligence community has been aware of China’s spying from Cuba and a larger effort to set up intelligence-gathering operations around the globe for some time.

The Biden administration has stepped up efforts to thwart the Chinese push to expand its spying operations and believes it has made some progress through diplomacy and other unspecified action, according to the official, who was familiar with U.S. intelligence on the matter.

The existence of the Chinese spy base was confirmed after The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that China and Cuba had reached an agreement in principle to build an electronic eavesdropping station on the island. The Journal reported China planned to pay a cash-strapped Cuba billions of dollars as part of the negotiations. ...

[andy58-in-nh]

Just bathe it in overwhelming signals broadcast from southern Florida.

If you have a shortwave radio you can already hear such broadcasts, but from private sources. Radio Miami International is one of them (9955 kHz is their main frequency).

Our current government is still mourning for Castro.