Chinese Nationals Posing as Tourists Have Accessed US Military Bases and Other Sensitive Sites: Report
4 Sep 2023
Business Insider | By Joshua Zitser
Chinese nationals, who sometimes posed as tourists, accessed U.S. military bases and other sensitive sites around 100 times in recent years, according to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal.
The newspaper cited U.S. officials, who described the incidents as potential forms of espionage.
Last year, the U.S. Department of Defense, FBI, and other agencies held a review to try to curb the frequency of these breaches, which involved unauthorized entries into US military bases and other federal sites, the newspaper reported.
Most of the incidents took place in rural areas, away from tourist hotspots and commercial airports, according to the Journal.
In one such incident, Chinese nationals were found scuba diving off Cape Canaveral, home to the Kennedy Space Center, per the Journal.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/09/04/chinese-nationals-posing-tourists-have-accessed-us-military-bases-and-other-sensitive-sites-report.html