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> Why does it feel like the CIA dropped the ball on China?

Because the CIA, literally, dropped the ball on China. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world/asia/china-cia-spie...


How do you fall from being able to change the course of world history with shadow governments, to failing to even install operatives in the country?

> Last year, an F.B.I. employee pleaded guilty to acting as a Chinese agent for years, passing sensitive technology information to Beijing in exchange for cash, lavish hotel rooms during foreign travel and prostitutes.

That's how.


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