“Not only was the CIA’s spy network dismantled, but Washington had no idea what happened and which part of the spy network had gone wrong. “This would indicate an internal, insider threat type of person who was spying for the Chinese,” former CIA Deputy General Counsel for Operations Robert Eatinger told Fox News. Asked whether the incident represents an ongoing vulnerability to Chinese infiltration of the CIA, Eatinger pointed out “if somebody is very smart and cautious they can get away with this for a very long time.”The CIA declined to comment on the disappearing CIA informants in China. The Shriver case reportedly led the CIA to think twice about recruiting Americans who studied in China, which in turn made it harder to recruit qualified CIA officers. Intelligence gathering “is a high risk world,” Baker told Fox News.

Source: Fox News May 22, 2017 18:38 UTC