The Defense Department is downplaying reports that Chinese nationals posing as tourists have attempted to breach U.S. military bases and other government installations more than 100 times in recent years.
The alleged gatecrashers ranged from divers spotted in the water near a rocket launch site in Florida to other Chinese nationalists discovered crossing into a U.S. military missile range in New Mexico. Some were required to report what they saw back to the Chinese government,On Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman declined to comment on any specific incidents, but Air Force Brig. Gen.
The Defense Department tracks more than 10,000 incidents a day of what it calls “controlled turnarounds” of people at entrance gates to U.S. military bases. In some cases, the reason can be as innocuous as a confused motorist who pulls up to a military gate and is turned away. A driver who gets past the gate but is otherwise not suspected of illicit activity will often be cited and escorted off the base, Gen. Ryder said.
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