Former Counterintelligence Chief Says FBI Searched NYC’s Chinese Police Station in January

While a New York Times report said that FBI counterintelligence officers searched an illicit Chinese police station in New York City during a raid last fall, the bureau has not yet actually confirmed that the raid took place. In testimony submitted to a House of Representatives subcommittee yesterday, a former chief U.S. counterintelligence official offered a slightly different timeline, saying that the FBI search took place in January of this year.

The former official making the claim is Bill Evanina, who served as the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center until January 2021. Although he no longer serves in government, Evanina has remained a frequent commentator on national-security and intelligence-related issues. He testified before a House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on “Confronting threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party to the U.S. homeland” yesterday morning.

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Jimmy Quinn

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While a New York Times report said that FBI counterintelligence officers searched an illicit Chinese police station in New York City during a raid last fall, the bureau has not yet actually confirmed that the raid took place. In testimony submitted to a House of Representatives subcommittee yesterday, a former chief U.S. counterintelligence official offered a slightly different timeline, saying that the FBI search took place in January of this year.

The former official making the claim is Bill Evanina, who served as the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center until January 2021. Although he no longer serves in government, Evanina has remained a frequent commentator on national-security and intelligence-related issues. He testified before a House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on “Confronting threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party to the U.S. homeland” yesterday morning.