CIA releases spy videos in aim to recruit Chinese residents
The National Desk
[{'start': '0.080', 'end': '5.359', 'text': 'The CIA is looking for spies to help the'}, {'start': '2.879', 'end': '7.600', 'text': 'US. The agency releasing two Hollywood'}, {'start': '5.359', 'end': '10.639', 'text': 'style videos on social media today aimed'}, {'start': '7.600', 'end': '13.280', 'text': 'at recruiting Chinese dissident to help'}, {'start': '10.639', 'end': '15.519', 'text': 'steal secrets. Both videos are a few'}, {'start': '13.280', 'end': '17.359', 'text': 'minutes long, completely in Mandarin.'}, {'start': '15.519', 'end': '19.199', 'text': 'The National News Desk, Jeff Harris'}, {'start': '17.359', 'end': '20.880', 'text': "joining us. So these videos, they're"}, {'start': '19.199', 'end': '22.560', 'text': 'geared towards recruiting. There are'}, {'start': '20.880', 'end': '24.800', 'text': 'some differences. Break those down for'}, {'start': '22.560', 'end': '27.119', 'text': 'us. So, the first video is directed at'}, {'start': '24.800', 'end': '29.760', 'text': 'senior Chinese Communist Party leaders,'}, {'start': '27.119', 'end': '32.239', 'text': 'DD, who US officials believe may be'}, {'start': '29.760', 'end': '34.480', 'text': 'willing to talk. The second is directed'}, {'start': '32.239', 'end': '36.719', 'text': 'specifically at more junior officers'}, {'start': '34.480', 'end': '39.120', 'text': 'within the CCP who may not have much'}, {'start': '36.719', 'end': '40.960', 'text': 'room to grow professionally. CIA'}, {'start': '39.120', 'end': '43.280', 'text': 'director John Ratcliffe telling Fox'}, {'start': '40.960', 'end': '45.520', 'text': 'News, "One of the primary roles of the'}, {'start': '43.280', 'end': '48.239', 'text': 'CIA is to collect intelligence for the'}, {'start': '45.520', 'end': '50.160', 'text': 'president, also for policy makers. One'}, {'start': '48.239', 'end': '52.559', 'text': 'way to do that is by recruiting assets'}, {'start': '50.160', 'end': '54.320', 'text': 'that can steal secrets." adding during'}, {'start': '52.559', 'end': '56.399', 'text': 'the first Trump administration, China'}, {'start': '54.320', 'end': '59.239', 'text': 'was the United States most alarming'}, {'start': '56.399', 'end': '61.600', 'text': 'adversary economically, politically, and'}, {'start': '59.239', 'end': '63.840', 'text': 'militarily. The videos are now live on'}, {'start': '61.600', 'end': '67.960', 'text': "the agency's social media channels, as"}, {'start': '63.840', 'end': '67.960', 'text': 'you mentioned, all in Mandarin.'}, {'start': '78.799', 'end': '84.320', 'text': 'This video explains to them how they can'}, {'start': '81.280', 'end': '86.240', 'text': 'contact the CIA through our dark website'}, {'start': '84.320', 'end': '88.000', 'text': 'uh and have an ability uh to improve'}, {'start': '86.240', 'end': '90.320', 'text': 'their safety and well-being and that of'}, {'start': '88.000', 'end': '91.920', 'text': 'their family. Now, Ratcliffe went on to'}, {'start': '90.320', 'end': '94.479', 'text': "say that he's confident these videos"}, {'start': '91.920', 'end': '97.439', 'text': 'will get past Chinese security firewalls'}, {'start': '94.479', 'end': '99.520', 'text': 'and be seen by the right people. The CIA'}, {'start': '97.439', 'end': '101.280', 'text': 'previously released Mandarin language'}, {'start': '99.520', 'end': '103.200', 'text': 'instructions on how to connect with the'}, {'start': '101.280', 'end': '105.119', 'text': 'agency through the dark web about six'}, {'start': '103.200', 'end': '107.600', 'text': 'months ago, which ended up reaching'}, {'start': '105.119', 'end': '110.399', 'text': 'millions of people. Ratcliffe says the'}, {'start': '107.600', 'end': '112.000', 'text': "AY's line is officially open. Yeah, they"}, {'start': '110.399', 'end': '113.680', 'text': 'kind of look like teasers for movies.'}, {'start': '112.000', 'end': '115.360', 'text': 'Jeeoff, the US and China, they obviously'}, {'start': '113.680', 'end': '117.200', 'text': 'have a long history. Is this latest move'}, {'start': '115.360', 'end': '118.880', 'text': 'by the US yet another chapter in that'}, {'start': '117.200', 'end': '120.719', 'text': 'same story? Yeah, so over the years,'}, {'start': '118.880', 'end': '123.119', 'text': 'both countries have pretty much done it'}, {'start': '120.719', 'end': '125.840', 'text': "all. We're talking cyber, traditional,"}, {'start': '123.119', 'end': '127.920', 'text': 'even industrial espionage. But recently,'}, {'start': '125.840', 'end': '129.599', 'text': 'we have seen recruitment start to grow'}, {'start': '127.920', 'end': '131.599', 'text': 'just a little bit. A few weeks ago, if'}, {'start': '129.599', 'end': '134.080', 'text': 'you remember, the US warned that Chinese'}, {'start': '131.599', 'end': '136.160', 'text': 'intelligence was using deceptive methods'}, {'start': '134.080', 'end': '137.760', 'text': 'to target current and former government'}, {'start': '136.160', 'end': '139.840', 'text': 'employees, some that were let go by'}, {'start': '137.760', 'end': '142.239', 'text': 'Doge. And as we saw today with these'}, {'start': '139.840', 'end': '144.560', 'text': 'videos, the US is also ramping up'}, {'start': '142.239', 'end': '144.560', 'text': 'recruitment.'}]