President Trump has faced a lot of criticism for standing up to China on trade — much of it coming from lobbyists in paid by the Chinese government. The problem is, Trump is just recognizing and acting on a fact that should be obvious to anyone — China is an important trading partner, but also a threat. What sort of threat? Well, how about bribing former US intelligence officers to hand over secrets?

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On Friday, May 17th, Kevin Mallory was sentenced to 20 years in prison for espionage against the US. That’s serious enough — but it’s made a lot worse by the fact Mallory is a highly experienced veteran of the US’s own intelligence services. So what made him turn traitor? Simple — Chinese money.