Although the tdlr is basically “oh no everyone be scared, evil China is good at counter-intelligence now, however will the wholesome CIA get anything done?!”
I didn’t get the same “wholesome CIA” vibe - definitely some sketchy bias around the Chinese govt, calling counterespionage arrests “kidnapping” is pretty rich when talking about a conflict with the government running the world’s largest prison system - but I felt like most of the critique was towards the CIA for hubris, and the OPM for collecting and then losing piles of sensitive data.
Like @triplenadir, I didn’t get that impression either. It looks to me like the article is emphasizing how effective the post-2012 anti-corruption effort was, why corruption in government is an existential risk, and how CIA carelessness ruined their clear advantage.
Non paywalled link for those interested: https://archive.ph/fpcvw
Although the tdlr is basically “oh no everyone be scared, evil China is good at counter-intelligence now, however will the wholesome CIA get anything done?!”
thanks for the non-paywall link. Firefox reader view also seems to bypass it.
I didn’t get the same “wholesome CIA” vibe - definitely some sketchy bias around the Chinese govt, calling counterespionage arrests “kidnapping” is pretty rich when talking about a conflict with the government running the world’s largest prison system - but I felt like most of the critique was towards the CIA for hubris, and the OPM for collecting and then losing piles of sensitive data.
Like @triplenadir, I didn’t get that impression either. It looks to me like the article is emphasizing how effective the post-2012 anti-corruption effort was, why corruption in government is an existential risk, and how CIA carelessness ruined their clear advantage.