Feds Shoot Down Rumor China’s Missing Spymaster Defected to U.S. Swirling, widespread reports that Beijing’s top counterintelligence official has defected to the United States are “not accurate,” a U.S. government official told SpyTalk on Tuesday. “We are just looking to correct the record,” said the official, speaking on terms of anonymity to discuss the highly sensitive issue. SpyTalk had sought comment from the State Department last week when preparing a story on mounting rumors that Dong Jingwei, vice minister of the Ministry of State Security, China’s principle espionage and internal security agency, had defected in February via Hong Kong along with his daughter Dong Yang. The department did not respond. But on Tuesday a U.S. official reached out to say reports of Dong’s defection were not true. Speaking strictly on terms of anonymity, the official declined to elaborate further, including on Dong’s present whereabouts, only hinting that the counterspy remains in China. “We can’t confirm or deny where he is exactly,” the official said. Asked why the Biden administration was reaching out to knock down rumors of a high level defection—normally an ultra-sensitive issue—the official said, “that’s more of a policy question”and referred SpyTalk to the White House. A spokesperson for the National Security Council did not respond to a request for comment. Former Pentagon, State Department and CIA China expert Nicholas Eftimiades, author of Chinese Espionage: Operations and Tactics, told SpyTalk the official’s initiative was likely coordinated at the highest levels of the Biden administration. “I’m stunned that they did that,” considering the sensitivity of the subject, he said. He called the response definitive, a closed issue: “game, set, match.” 版上等着吃瓜的群众可以散了哈哈哈,感觉像上次说金三胖挂了一样。比较搞笑的是俞怀松还跟人打赌.要是董没叛逃他就辞去共和党委会的什么职务,这下只能辞职了。。。
Swirling, widespread reports that Beijing’s top counterintelligence official has defected to the United States are “not accurate,” a U.S. government official told SpyTalk on Tuesday.
“We are just looking to correct the record,” said the official, speaking on terms of anonymity to discuss the highly sensitive issue. SpyTalk had sought comment from the State Department last week when preparing a story on mounting rumors that Dong Jingwei, vice minister of the Ministry of State Security, China’s principle espionage and internal security agency, had defected in February via Hong Kong along with his daughter Dong Yang. The department did not respond.
But on Tuesday a U.S. official reached out to say reports of Dong’s defection were not true. Speaking strictly on terms of anonymity, the official declined to elaborate further, including on Dong’s present whereabouts, only hinting that the counterspy remains in China.
“We can’t confirm or deny where he is exactly,” the official said. Asked why the Biden administration was reaching out to knock down rumors of a high level defection—normally an ultra-sensitive issue—the official said, “that’s more of a policy question”and referred SpyTalk to the White House. A spokesperson for the National Security Council did not respond to a request for comment.
Former Pentagon, State Department and CIA China expert Nicholas Eftimiades, author of Chinese Espionage: Operations and Tactics, told SpyTalk the official’s initiative was likely coordinated at the highest levels of the Biden administration. “I’m stunned that they did that,” considering the sensitivity of the subject, he said. He called the response definitive, a closed issue: “game, set, match.”
版上等着吃瓜的群众可以散了哈哈哈,感觉像上次说金三胖挂了一样。比较搞笑的是俞怀松还跟人打赌.要是董没叛逃他就辞去共和党委会的什么职务,这下只能辞职了。。。
有人叛逃未必是他，可能只是和他相关... 过两个月就知道了
这个辟谣应该可信,看英文最后一段。
比如说借明星结婚，离婚，生小孩时候编；和政客有关的，借选举，结婚，离婚；国家间的，比如伊朗了，普京了，习了，都能博眼球。
有点这种感觉,所以中纪委放出狠话来警告想逃的。
FUUCI改什么口风，什么情况？
你这个认识也太肤浅了
网络上胡说八道的， 美国政府还需要出来辟谣？
也太 把网络上胡扯的人当回事儿了吧？
国内这个时候提顾顺章是什么用意？ 叛党的口号都喊出来了
对于媒体，无论网上和网下，真实和谣言，关键是让更多的人看到，赚钱。
如果通过谣言引发政府反映，那是hit a jackpot，必然看的人越多，讨论的人越多，相当于免费给造谣广告打广告。谣言政府当然可以不理，但无限制谣言博眼球，铺天盖地，呵呵，你可以afford不理吗？LOL
现在关键是，报道真实情况要花很多财力，人力，还要核实。因为网络，facebook，自己制造谣言，成本太低了，不需要多少钱。在完全市场竞争下，低成本的谣言必定打败高成本的新闻。如果完全不限制，可以用非常低成本的AI自动写谣言，能搞到很多流量，拿无数广告钱，注定会完全霸占市场。
现在的谣言新闻公司，还没有成熟，未来发展会越来越先进。
如果不在乎被人背后说的话，谣言制造公司是非常好的公司盈利模式。
这次不就是美国政府的人出来辟谣吗？谣言造多了对自己其实有杀伤力。 盼着中国有人叛逃还不如干点正经的事。