The move would allow Beijing to surveil the southeastern United States, home to many military facilities and sensitive industries.
The Biden administration is not confirming China’s interest in securing access to a military facility in Cuba. | Thibault Camus/AP PhotoChina is in talks with Cuba to establish a foothold there to spy on the United States, two senior U.S. officials said, a provocative move that already has lawmakers warning about parallels to the Cold War.
CIA Director William Burns made a secret trip to China last month to keep the lines of communication between Washington and Beijing open. President Joe Biden dispatched the spy chief in hopes of reviving higher-level conversations between the two powers.reached a “secret agreement” The Soviet Union operated its largest signals intelligence site in Lourdes, just outside of Havana, a facility that closed after 2001. “If it’s China’s intent to reopen it, this will be the largest spy base once again. If that’s not evidence enough that we’re in a new Cold War, I don’t know what is,” Waltz said.
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