Conservative Institute
The Cold War was taking shape as America exited the 1940s and entered the 1950s. Winston Churchill had given his famous “Iron Curtain” speech, describing the growing clutches of the Soviet Union. The biggest event, though, was a young upstart Senator from Wisconsin named Joseph McCarthy, who exploded onto the scene, declaring communists had infiltrated the highest reaches of the U.S. government.
McCarthyism was derided as a fake “red scare,” where people looked for communist or Soviet sympathizers around every corner. Ronald Reagan led a push to kick communist spies out of Hollywood during this time. But for all the attacks liberals made on it, McCarthy was right. Communists had infiltrated the government, and the United States ended up executing some of them.
I was thinking about this history as I watched yet another alleged Chinese spy get caught, this time working for New York’s governor. The Department of Justice has indicted Linda Sun and Chris Hu for being spies for the Chinese Communist Party. Linda Sun, in particular, served as a high-ranking member of Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul’s administration.
The DOJ alleges that the CCP directed Sun to help craft Hochul’s speech for the Lunar New Year to bring it in line with CCP demands. In return, Sun and Hu stand accused of “laundering and splurging their corrupt gains on a gaudy $4 million Manhasset mansion, a $2 million second home in a Honolulu high-rise and luxury cars such as 2024 Ferrari Roma.”
It’s not the first time we’ve caught such an issue. Chinese spies targeted California politicians ruthlessly through a woman named Christine Fang. She connected herself well with San Francisco politicians, including big names like Eric Swalwell and Ro Khanna. The House Ethics Committee spent time investigating Swalwell over these connections, ultimately taking no action.
And then there’s the other big country involved in influence peddling: Iran. Multiple news outlets have broken massive stories detailing Iran’s infiltration of the United States government. The FBI has a probe into whether Biden aide Robert Malley committed crimes in handling classified information dealing with the Iranians…
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