"Significant National Security Matter"

[George K]

[Horace]

Looking forward to them explaining in detail exactly what the matter is, fully satisfying everybody’s curiosity and putting all concerns to rest.

[George K]

@Horace time for an October surprise?

[Catseye3]

https://www.benzinga.com/news/22/10/29382186/senior-justice-department-officials-set-to-hold-press-conference-on-significant-national-security-ma

"United States law enforcement officials will announce actions on Monday targeting alleged criminal activity by a nation-state.

"Attorney General Merrick Garland is set to hold a news conference Monday afternoon centered around U.S. action targeting "malign influence schemes and alleged criminal activity" by a "nation-state actor," the Department of Justice said, according to a Reuters report.

"The Department of Justice didn't provide any additional details about the case, including which country or entity is being targeted.

"Garland will discuss "significant national security cases addressing malign influence schemes and alleged criminal activity by a nation-state actor in the United States" with deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco and assistant attorney general for national security Matthew Olsen, as well as with FBI director Christopher Wray at 1:30 p.m. ET."

[Mik]

My question is which one? Aren’t a lot of them doing so? This is news?

[Copper]

I assume the entire Biden family will be indicted for influence peddling.

[Aqua Letifer]

China.

[George K]

@Aqua-Letifer said in "Significant National Security Matter":

China.

[Copper]

Yes, influence peddling to China and others.

[Aqua Letifer]

They literally just fucking said "Team America."

[Horace]

@Aqua-Letifer said in "Significant National Security Matter":

They literally just fucking said "Team America."

World police cannot be bought - PERIOD. Not with dollars, and not with Yuan. Period.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Horace said in "Significant National Security Matter":

@Aqua-Letifer said in "Significant National Security Matter":

They literally just fucking said "Team America."

World police cannot be bought - PERIOD. Not with dollars, and not with Yuan. Period.

They hate us because of how free we are. That's just a fact. Full stop.

[Axtremus]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/24/politics/chinese-spies-huawei/index.html

[Horace]

This seems like very small potatoes stuff. I sniff a justice department marketing gimmick behind this public display.

[Copper]

Who said Team America?

[LuFins Dad]

The words “TeamAmerica” cannot be put together without the concluding “FUCK YEAH”!

Please edit your previous posts as appropriate.

[Mik]

You cannot be serious. This is an announcement? More like common knowledge.

[George K]

@Mik said in "Significant National Security Matter":

You cannot be serious. This is an announcement? More like common knowledge.

Establishing tough guy cred?

[Mik]

Could be. It does seem like we are playing a bit more hardball with them. I'm all for that, and I hope they can pull it off successfully.

[Axtremus]

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/24/doj-indicts-nearly-a-dozen-individuals-in-china-espionage-cases-00063176

DOJ indicts nearly a dozen people in China espionage cases
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Seven People’s Republic of China individuals have been charged in the Eastern District of New York — two of them were arrested on Oct. 20 — with participating in a scheme to force a U.S. resident to return to China. Two Chinese individuals were charged in the same district with attempting to obstruct the criminal prosecution of a China-based telecommunications company, and four Chinese nationals have been charged in the District of New Jersey with conspiring to act as illegal agents on behalf of China.

“As these cases demonstrate, the government of China sought to interfere with the rights and freedoms of individuals in the United States and to undermine our judicial system that protects those rights. They did not succeed,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a news conference on Monday afternoon.
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