U.S. still lacks HUMINT on China; CIA has never acknowledged devastating loss of agents
FPI / January 3, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct After the loss of two dozen agents in China between 2010 and 2012, U.S. intelligence on China comes almost exclusively from electronic means — intercepting phone calls, emails, and other forms of digital communication. Such signals intelligence can rarely replace human spies in divining an adversary’s true intentions or […]