By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Monday, June 12, 2023
A top White House official accused of misleading the public on China’s plans to build a spy station in Cuba said Monday that he was constrained by the sensitive nature of a media report on the potential national-security threat to the U.S.
“We were as forthcoming as we should have been,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the White House.
The Wall Street Journal reported last Thursday that China and Cuba had reached a secret agreement for Beijing to build an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island, allowing 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.”
Mr. Kirby last week called the report “not accurate.”
But on Saturday, an anonymous administration official confirmed that China had upgraded its intelligence facilities in Cuba, saying it occurred in 2019 during the Trump administration.
The official said China’s efforts were well-documented in U.S. intelligence reports that were available to the previous administration.
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