Foreign Influence
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| Originally published | 2010 |
| Authors | Brad Thor |
| Preceded by | The Apostle |
| Followed by | The Athena Project: A Thriller |
| Genres | Fiction |
| Mystery | |
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| Suspense | |
| Date of Reg. | |
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| ID | 2066669 |
About Foreign Influence
Recruited as a field operative in a secret and uncompromising new spy agency, former Navy SEAL Scot Harvath investigates when a bombing in Rome kills a group of American college students, with the . . .
Meta takes down China-based network of thousands of fake accounts
... Meta also noted that the US government stopped sharing information about Foreign Influence networks with the company in July, after a federal ruling as part of a legal case over the First Amendment that is now under consideration by the Supreme Court...
China: Human Rights Watch accuses Beijing of closing and destroying mosques
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Security services warn over Chinese infiltration in politics
... One individual said that they had been warned that in some packed establishments around Westminster " you just don t know who s there" and that gossip about politicians or officials " could be valuable in a Foreign Influence operation"...
UK will not accept Chinese interference - Sunak
... Several MPs called for China to be classed in the " enhanced tier" of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, introduced earlier this year...
Has the UK woken up to the China spy challenge?
... Another part of the act is due to set up a Foreign Influence Registration Scheme in which people will have to register if they are working on behalf of a foreign state, with the risk of prosecution if they do not...
Rivals' silence at Iowa dinner shows Trump's dominance in 2024 race
... He and many others in the ballroom repeated unproven allegations about Hunter s business dealings and claims of Foreign Influence (which the White House has dismissed but Republicans in Congress are investigating)...
North Korea: Residents tell BBC of neighbours starving to death
... A former North Korean diplomat, who defected in 2019, said he was shocked by how extreme the crackdown on Foreign Influence had become...
Fugees' Pras Michel found guilty of illegal lobbying
... The Grammy-winning musician was accused of bringing " secret, illegal, Foreign Influence to bear" during the administrations of Barack Obama and Donald Trump, between 2012 and 2017...
Security services warn over Chinese infiltration in politics
By Henry ZeffmanChief political correspondent
Westminster has been agog every since the revelation that a parliamentary researcher has been arrested under the Official Secrets Act, Under Suspicion of working as a Chinese agent.
But should parliamentarians have been surprised?
When Ken Mccallum , The Head of MI5, he warned that the Chinese Communist Party is " playing the long game".
Not only do they want to influence " prominent parliamentarians from across the political landscape, " He Said , " but people much earlier in their careers in public life, gradually building a debt of obligation. "
A strong clue about what Mr McCallum was getting at came Last Weekend , with the revelation of the arrest.
The Times newspaper suggested another example of China attempting to influence those at the lower rungs of politics, claiming that.
The Story has not been denied by the Conservatives, with a spokesman saying that " when we receive credible information regarding security concerns over potential candidates we act upon them. "
The newspaper did not publish any details of the potential candidates in question, or how far through The Candidate selection process they progressed.
A senior source confirmed to The Bbc that that security services had occasionally warned the Conservative Party to " be careful" about individuals attempting to get on in politics.
But they said these warnings are rare, as well as typically being vague about the reasons for suspicion about The People concerned. The security services do not systematically " vet" Conservative candidates - instead any contact is proactive on their part.
Separately, The Bbc has been told that senior government officials have been warned not to discuss sensitive work in pubs around Parliament for fear that agents of hostile states are eavesdropping.
One individual said that they had been warned that in some packed establishments around Westminster " you just don't know who's there" and that gossip about politicians or officials " could be valuable in a Foreign Influence operation".
They said that the warnings were not about parliamentary researchers themselves being foreign agents, but that others nearby who appear to either be parliamentary staff or tourists might in fact be spies.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
