There is an interesting article today in the Wall Street Journal which is a reminder that the Chinese still spy on the US in a conventional way. They recruit spies and put them to work getting sensitive classified material from the government. I had forgotten that there were three on-going cases, as this article outlines.
The story today is of Kevin Mallory, who people thought was a great guy who loved his country and his God. He worked for both CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency. Good spies need to fit into the neighborhood and have lots of friends. He did. But before those neighbors run to his defense, I suggest they read the rest of the story, especially the part where he calls his wife and asks her to get an SD card out of a drawer at their house. That SD card had seven classified document on it. On the surface, that does not sound like a guy who loved his country.
The other two spies are a State Department employee and one from the CIA. We can hardly blame the Chinese for wanting to recruit spies in those agencies since they are places that have information they would want.
This has caused parts of the Chinese-American community to question if the Chinese are being targeted in this country. Targeting might be the wrong word here, since it seems that the Chinese have targeted ethic Chinese to spy for them for commercial and non-commercial benefits. If the Chinese target ethnic Chinese, it is a tough argument that they are being picked on when we are scrutinizing that group. I have heard this claim before from others who have been “targeted” and it always sounds the same.
MS-13 gets targeted now and again. Russian gangs get targeted too. In espionage, it is the Russians and Chinese. This is the kind of targeting that makes sense. There is nothing “fair” about targeting in espionage or organized criminal behavior. Law Enforcment and Intelligence look where the activity seems to be centered, and they usually find that focus is justified.
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