AUDIO of Christine O'Donnell claiming secret Chinese plot to take over U.S.

I've obtained audio of Christine O'Donnell claiming that China has a "carefully thought out and strategic plan to take over America" and asserting that she has access to classified info detailing China's takeover plot.

The Associated Press reported yesterday on O'Donnell's 2006 comments without posting the audio. Having audio means this could now get a round of play on cable and the networks.

The full audio -- recorded off WDEL radio, which sponsored the 2006 GOP Senate primary debate where she made the claims -- also offers new details on how O'Donnell purported to have gained access to this classified info: She says she obtained it because "non profit groups" she worked for sent missionaries to China.

Here's part one, in which she claims the takeover plot:

O'DONNELL: I think that making a statement whether China is friend or foe we have to be careful not to label all Chinese. But in terms of the government, I think that there is a very carefully thought out and strategic plan to take over America. I think that the Chinese government is definitely a foe. And one example is that China is taking American oil right now. We are suffering from high gas prices because of the supply because of American dependence on foreign oil when China is drilling off the coast of Florida. So I think that if we look in the long term we see what could happen to our national sovereignty if we don't step up the plate and start dealing with that issue right now and stop surrendering much of our sovereignty to global powers like the UN. And if we start standing for something and we should be drilling that oil off the coast of Florida, not China.

And here's part two, where she explains how she knows this:

O'DONNELL: There's much that I want to say. I wish I wasn't privy to some of the classified information that I am privy to because I think that I -- QUESTIONER: Can I interrupt and say how are you privy to classified information? O'DONNELL: Because I've been working with various non-profit groups for over 15 years. And we've been sending missionaries to China for a very long time. And these missionaries go to China, risking their lives because you are not allowed to be a Christian over there. So a country that forces women to have abortions and mandates that you can only have one child and will not allow you the freedom to read the Bible. You think they can be our friend? We have to look at our history and realize if they pretend to be our friend, they have got something up their sleeve.

An O'Donnell spokesperson didn't immediately return an email for comment.

