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Chinese Nationals Posing as Tourists Have Accessed US Military Bases and Other Sensitive Sites: Report

160418-N-SX614-001 Photo of Naval Air Station Key West’s sign. Key West is a state-of-the-art facility for air-to-air combat fighter aircraft of all military services and provides world-class pierside support to U.S. and foreign naval vessels.. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cody R. Babin/Released)

Military.com

September 4, 2023

Chinese nationals, who sometimes posed as tourists, accessed U.S. military bases and other sensitive sites around 100 times in recent years, according to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal.

The newspaper cited U.S. officials, who described the incidents as potential forms of espionage.

Last year, the U.S. Department of Defense, FBI, and other agencies held a review to try to curb the frequency of these breaches, which involved unauthorized entries into US military bases and other federal sites, the newspaper reported.

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