{"id":38880,"date":"2025-07-12T23:15:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T23:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=38880"},"modified":"2025-07-12T23:15:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T23:15:30","slug":"bongino-just-unmasked-a-spy-ring-and-its-playing-out-like-a-thriller-in-your-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=38880","title":{"rendered":"Bongino Just Unmasked a Spy Ring\u2014and It\u2019s Playing Out Like a Thriller in YOUR City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When former Secret Service agent and current FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino posts an update, it\u2019s usually big. But this time, it\u2019s something else entirely. On his official FBI channel, Bongino dropped a bomb: 51 arrests, 8 city raids, and a network of Chinese agents trying to flip U.S. soldiers into traitors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t just espionage\u2014it\u2019s an attempt to hijack our military from the inside,\u201d he warned.<br \/>\nFrom San Diego to Houston, agents carried out simultaneous raids, uncovering a complex spy operation that reads like a Tom Clancy thriller. According to Bongino, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was behind efforts to bribe, blackmail, and flip American service members into betraying national secrets\u2014some tied to biological threats and military tech.Why It Matters More Than Ever<br \/>\nThis isn\u2019t the first time we\u2019ve heard about Chinese espionage. But what makes this different, according to Bongino, is the scale and the target: the U.S. military itself.<\/p>\n<p>51 agents have already been arrested in 2025 alone<br \/>\nMore than 5,000 counterintelligence cases are active<br \/>\n800 new cases opened this year point to foreign infiltration at scale<br \/>\n\u201cThis is mission-critical. We\u2019re seeing efforts to breach our military, our technology, even our agriculture. This goes beyond spying\u2014it\u2019s economic warfare,\u201d Bongino said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When former Secret Service agent and current FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino posts an update, it\u2019s usually big. But this time, it\u2019s something else entirely. 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