Category: Foreign Agent

3 Public Servants’ Security Clearances Revoked Due to Spying or Acting as Foreign Agents: Federal Records

Federal departments and agencies have revoked the security clearances of three employees for spying or acting as foreign agents, though their identities and the governments they served were not disclosed, records show. The details were provided in response to an Inquiry of Ministry. Conservative MP John Barlow, who submitted the inquiry on Feb. 9, wanted…


Century-Old Law Leaves US Government in Losing Position Against CCP’s Propaganda War

Commentary In 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) demanded that the Chinese language Sing Tao News Corporation register as a foreign agent. But the efforts from the U.S. government have done little to stop the media group from helping the Chinese regime’s propaganda efforts in the United States. Sing Tao Daily is the oldest and…


CCP-Backed Media in US Exploits Legal Loophole to Continue Anti-America Campaign

In 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) demanded that the Chinese language Sing Tao News Corporation register as a foreign agent. But the efforts from the U.S. government have done little to stop the media group from helping the Chinese regime’s propaganda efforts in the United States. Sing Tao Daily is the oldest and second-largest…


Former White House ‘Disinformation Czar’ Nina Jankowicz Registers as Foreign Agent

Nina Jankowicz, who briefly served as the Biden administration’s “disinformation czar,” has registered as a foreign agent of a nonprofit organization based in the United Kingdom. According to registration documents received by the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) unit, Jankowicz filed for her foreign agent status this month (pdf). The…


DOJ Finds Former Army Reservist Guilty of Spying for China

A federal jury in Chicago convicted a Chinese national and former army reservist acting within the United States as an illegal agent of the Chinese regime. Ji Chaoqun, 31, was found guilty on three counts of spy-related charges, including acting as an unregistered foreign agent of China and making a material false statement to the…


Former Army Reservist Convicted of Charges Related to Spying for China

A federal jury in Chicago convicted a Chinese national and former army reservist acting within the United States as an illegal agent of the Chinese regime. Ji Chaoqun, 31, was found guilty on three counts, including acting as an unregistered foreign agent of China and making a material false statement to the U.S. Army, according…


Sing Tao: Paper Registered as Beijing’s ‘Foreign Agent’ in US Prints Last Issue in Canada

The Canadian edition of Sing Tao Daily, which the United States has listed as a “foreign agent” for Beijing, terminated its print product on Aug. 28. On Aug. 27, the Chinese-language newspaper released its final print edition, concluding with a special review of the major events it covered over the past 44 years of publication. The…


Address Foreign Interference in ‘Meaningful Way’ or Lose Public Trust: Tory Senator

A Conservative senator says it’s time Canada tackles the issue of foreign interference in a “meaningful way,” for any effort contrary to that will only lead to the public losing trust in the country’s institutions. “Canada’s intelligence agencies have long been warning about this threat of malign foreign influence toward our democracy and our society,”…


Major Pro-Beijing Newspaper Registers as Foreign Agent in US

A major pro-Beijing newspaper has registered its U.S. subsidiary as a foreign agent after being compelled to by the Justice Department, as Washington steps up scrutiny of Chinese influence efforts in the United States. Sing Tao U.S., whose parent company operates Hong Kong’s oldest newspaper, distributes newspapers in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles….


Russian Police Detain Journalists Who Back Media Freedom

MOSCOW, Russia—Russian police on Saturday detained several journalists who protested authorities’ decision to label a top independent TV channel as a “foreign agent.” The journalists held individual pickets outside the main headquarters of the country’s top domestic security agency, the FSB, on Moscow’s Lubyanka Square. They held placards such as “Journalism is not a crime”…