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## Re: [CT] [EastAsia] [OS] CHINA/TAIWAN/CT/CSM/MIL- Sex lured Taiwan general to become China spy

Released on 2012-09-22 22:00 GMT

Email-ID | 1225220
Date | 2011-02-10 14:38:52
From | burton@stratfor.com
To | ct@stratfor.com, military@stratfor.com, eastasia@stratfor.com
List-Name | ct@stratfor.com

No, M-I-C-E
Lots of gays compromised w/out P*ssy....like the doubtful runner GCHQ
spook in the UK found snuffed in the bag.
Jennifer Richmond wrote:
> I always thought it was the 3 Ps: Payment, Power and Pussy. This one
> seems to be a case of the third. Sean, you can quote me on that too... :)
>
> Anyways, here is the insight I mentioned in the earlier email:
>
> China and Taiwan are notorious for intense espionage activities on
> each other. The Chinese emphasizes these activities in Taiwan to gain
> as much knowledge of what it considers a “renegade” province.
> Furthermore, not only are the Chinese interested in collecting as much
> intelligence on Taiwan for purposes relating to Sino-Taiwan affairs,
> but also due to their extensive activities on the island, they also
> get rich intelligence from other nations that communicate with Taiwan
> on their China objectives. That is to say, through its spy networks
> in Taiwan, China can gain information from third party conversations;
> for example, United States or Japan discussions with Taiwan on
> information (e.g. military affairs) not shared with mainland
> officials, is easily picked up via China’s network on Taiwan and then
> transmitted to the mainland. One source tells us that the top three
> officials in most Taiwanese government offices are said to have their
> entire computer systems compromised due to a complex “bot” network
> established by the mainland to target Taiwan specifically.
>
> On 2/10/11 7:31 AM, Sean Noonan wrote:
>> page number?
>>
>> On 2/10/11 7:28 AM, Fred Burton wrote:
>>> M-I-C-E
>>>
>>> C = Compromise (pls cite the page in Ghost to help w/book sales.)
>>>
>>> Sean Noonan wrote:
>>>
>>>> actually thinking aobut writing something short on this one. Fits a
>>>> pretty standard espionage model, but got a very high level source.
>>>> Nate check out the gear he supposedly spied on in bold in 2nd article,
>>>> any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> Also, the commentators are prett cogent on how this is a very regular
>>>> thing, this guy just got caught
>>>>
>>>> On 2/10/11 7:22 AM, Sean Noonan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> *Nice work.* 3 articles below. lots of details.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sex lured Taiwan general to become China spy*
>>>>> http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i4ANCAhmSVatpNawqkEyc4PATnhQ?docId=CNG.273270170b9bb2d7b2be0a00f1d8156f.331
>>>>> By Amber Wang (AFP) – 6 hours ago
>>>>>
>>>>> TAIPEI — A Taiwanese general detained in what could be the island's
>>>>> worst espionage case in 50 years was lured by sex and money offered
>>>>> by a female Chinese agent, media reported Thursday.
>>>>>
>>>>> Army major general Lo Hsien-che was allegedly recruited while
>>>>> stationed in Thailand between 2002 and 2005, drawn in by a honeytrap
>>>>> set by the agent, then in her early 30s, said the China Times, citing
>>>>> unnamed sources.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Lured by sex and money offered by the spy, Lo was recruited by China
>>>>> to supply top secret information he handled," the paper said.
>>>>>
>>>>> The woman, described by the paper as "tall, beautiful and chic," held
>>>>> an Australian passport and initially pretended to be working in the
>>>>> export and import trade when she met Lo, who was already married, the
>>>>> paper said.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lo, now 51, started to collect secrets for her in 2004 and received
>>>>> up to $200,000 at a time for his services, eventually pocketing as
>>>>> much as $1 million from China, it said.
>>>>>
>>>>> Although he returned to Taiwan in 2005, Lo continued working for
>>>>> China and kept meeting the woman in the United States, where he
>>>>> handed over more confidential information to her, it added.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lo had managed to keep his activities under wraps and pass repeated
>>>>> loyalty checks and was promoted to a major general in 2008, according
>>>>> to the paper.
>>>>>
>>>>> He was head of the army's telecommunications and electronic
>>>>> information department when he was arrested last month, according to
>>>>> the defence ministry, which declined to comment on the report.
>>>>>
>>>>> Military officials have called the scandal the worst Chinese
>>>>> communist espionage case in the past half century, given the
>>>>> sensitive affairs that Lo had access to.
>>>>>
>>>>> "We do not know the relevant circumstances," said a spokesman for the
>>>>> Taiwan Affairs Office in Beijing when asked to comment on the case.
>>>>>
>>>>> China's state-controlled Global Times tabloid quoted Li Fei, a Taiwan
>>>>> expert at southeast China's Xiamen University, as saying the two
>>>>> sides of the Taiwan Straits are still actively spying on each other.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Espionage activities have never ceased, even though cross-Straits
>>>>> tensions have eased over the years," he said, adding agents no longer
>>>>> targeted only military secrets, but also economic and technological
>>>>> intelligence.
>>>>>
>>>>> Taiwan's military, which has set up an ad hoc group for damage
>>>>> control, warns that China has not stopped infiltrating into Taiwan
>>>>> despite warmer relations in recent years.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lo's arrest came amid fast-warming ties between Taipei and Beijing
>>>>> following the 2008 election of Beijing-friendly Ma Ying-jeou as
>>>>> president.
>>>>>
>>>>> Taiwan and China have spied on each other ever since they split in
>>>>> 1949 at the end of a civil war. Beijing still regards the island as
>>>>> part of its territory awaiting reunification, if necessary by forc
>>>>>
>>>>> *
>>>>> Taiwan arrests general in worst espionage case in 50 years*
>>>>> Source: (AHN) Reporter: AHN Staff
>>>>> Location: Teipei, Taiwan Published: February 9, 2011 09:57 pm EST
>>>>> Read more:
>>>>> http://www.allheadlinenews.com/briefs/articles/90033839?Taiwan%20arrests%20general%20in%20worst%20espionage%20case%20in%2050%20years#ixzz1DYsCjlre
>>>>>
>>>>> In what is considered the worst espionage case in the last five
>>>>> decades, Taiwan has arrested Army Maj. Gen. Lo Hsien-che, charging
>>>>> him with spying for China while he was deployed in Thailand between
>>>>> 2002 and 2005.
>>>>> clearpxl
>>>>>
>>>>> In a statement, the Ministry of Defense said that Lo, who was the
>>>>> Army's telecommunications and electronic information department’s
>>>>> head at the time of his arrest, was actually detained last month. A
>>>>> ministry official said that since Lo was overseeing Taiwan’s military
>>>>> sensitive affairs, it is expected that he must have done serious
>>>>> damage to it.
>>>>>
>>>>> *It is suspected that the information leaked to China must be related
>>>>> to the Po Sheng (Broad Victory) system, which Taiwan is considering
>>>>> purchasing from the U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin for $1.6
>>>>> billion. If Taiwan gets the system, it will be able to access U.S.
>>>>> intelligence systems. It is also believed that the information about
>>>>> army's underground optical fibre network system as well as army's
>>>>> acquisition of 30 Boeing-made Apache AH-64D Longbow attack
>>>>> helicopters may also have been leaked.*
>>>>>
>>>>> Acting Director of the ministry's Political Warfare Bureau,
>>>>> Lieutenant General Wang Ming-wo, announced the establishment of an ad
>>>>> hoc group in an attempt to limit the possible damage. Wang said that
>>>>> General Lo had brought shame to the military and added that
>>>>> servicemen were supposed to be loyal to their country.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lo’s arrest came at a time when the two nations were boosting
>>>>> bilateral relations between them after the 2008 election of Ma
>>>>> Ying-jeou as President. "Although tensions across the Taiwan Strait
>>>>> have eased over the past more than two years, the Chinese communists
>>>>> have not stopped their infiltration into Taiwan. Instead, they have
>>>>> been stepping up their intelligence gathering, what we call the
>>>>> 'smokeless war,' against us," said Wang.
>>>>> *
>>>>> Taiwan authorities ups ante on 'spying': Global Times*
>>>>> 08:52, February 10, 2011
>>>>> Email | Print | Subscribe | Comments | Forum
>>>>> http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7282778.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Last month's detention of a Taiwanese major general over accusations
>>>>> of spying for the mainland *is unlikely to stoke tensions amid
>>>>> warming cross- Straits relations, analysts said Wednesday.*
>>>>>
>>>>> Lo Hsien-che, 51, the head of communications and electronic
>>>>> information at Taiwan's army command headquarters, *was detained
>>>>> January 27 *over charges of releasing top military information to the
>>>>> mainland for *nine years*, Taiwan's NOW News reported, citing local
>>>>> military personnel, at a press conference Tuesday.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council told the
>>>>> Global Times Wednesday that it was unaware of the case and declined
>>>>> to comment.*
>>>>>
>>>>> Lo is the highest-ranking Taiwanese military official in 50 years to
>>>>> be accused of spying for the mainland, the NOW report said.*
>>>>>
>>>>> Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou said Lo would be "punished severely
>>>>> without tolerance" if the charges were true, according to a statement
>>>>> made Tuesday evening by the leader's spokesman, Lo Chih-chiang.
>>>>> _
>>>>> Li Fei, deputy director of the Taiwan Research Center at Xiamen
>>>>> University, told the Global Times Wednesday that the case would not
>>>>> affect warming cross-Straits relations._
>>>>>
>>>>> _"Espionage activities have never ceased, even though cross-Straits
>>>>> tensions have eased over the years. But these cases won't affect the
>>>>> overall prospect of cross-Straits ties," he said, adding that such
>>>>> spy cases "have extended from the previous political, military and
>>>>> security spheres to economic, technology and other social areas."_
>>>>>
>>>>> The comments by Ma indicate that he is adopting a balanced stance to
>>>>> appease groups in Taiwan that are hostile to the Chinese mainland, Li
>>>>> added._
>>>>>
>>>>> Ma recently asked Taiwanese officials to refrain from referring to
>>>>> the mainland as "China," either verbally or in documents, and some
>>>>> analysts and politicians are hailing the call as a positive step
>>>>> toward strengthening cross-Straits political trust._ [hahaha]
>>>>>
>>>>> Li Wei, director of the Institute of Security and Arms Control
>>>>> Studies with the China Institutes of Contemporary International
>>>>> Relations, said cross- Straits spying activities are much less
>>>>> frequent than in areas such as the Korean Peninsula.
>>>>> _
>>>>> "Most cross-Straits communications are open to the public, and the
>>>>> transparency is increasing," he noted. "All this has led espionage
>>>>> activities to decline."_ [i'm tempted to call BS on this one]
>>>>>
>>>>> However, the fact is, he said, spying is going to happen everywhere.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Spying activities have been going on worldwide amid
>>>>> competitiveness," he said. "Commercial spying has been on the rise
>>>>> recently, while military espionage has declined."
>>>>> According to Taiwanese authorities, Lo was recruited by the mainland
>>>>> while stationed in Thailand between 2002 and 2005.
>>>>>
>>>>> *The secret information leaked involved the Taiwan military's C4ISR
>>>>> (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence,
>>>>> surveillance and reconnaissance) army communications system, as well
>>>>> as the island's purchase of 30 US-made combat helicopters that are
>>>>> set to be acquired in 2013.*
>>>>>
>>>>> An unidentified Taiwanese military official called the espionage case
>>>>> the "worst in the past half century," adding that it could cause
>>>>> "serious" harm to Taiwan's military, AFP reported.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kuomintang legislator Wu Yu-sheng called Wednesday to dismiss the
>>>>> "defense minister" and suggested the resumption of operations to
>>>>> crack down on spies, NOW reported.
>>>>> *
>>>>> Wung Ming-hsien, a strategist at Tamkang University in Taiwan,
>>>>> speculated that the case could alter the US' decision to sell F-16
>>>>> fighter jets, submarines and other weapons to Taiwan.
>>>>>
>>>>> "The case may give the United States second thoughts while evaluating
>>>>> the arms deals," Wung told AFP, noting that the US government may
>>>>> fear that military secrets could be leaked to the mainland.*
>>>>>
>>>>> "The crackdown on cross-Straits espionage activities depends on the
>>>>> political climate across the Straits and will be tightened when the
>>>>> ties are tense," Li Fei said.
>>>>>
>>>>> "But it's no good for either side to exaggerate the negative impact
>>>>> of these cases," he added.
>>>>>
>>>>> According to NOW News, about 19 people in Taiwan have been arrested
>>>>> since 2002 for allegedly leaking secrets to the mainland.
>>>>>
>>>>> The mainland has also prosecuted military officials for spying for
>>>>> Taiwan.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wo Weihan, 59, a bio-scientist, and Guo Wanjun, 66, a member of Wo's
>>>>> spy ring who had participated in the design of a strategic missile,
>>>>> were executed in November 2008 for passing State secrets, including
>>>>> about the mainland's missile-guidance systems, to a group linked to
>>>>> intelligence agencies in Taiwan.
>>>>>
>>>>> They passed the secrets between the mid-1990s and 2005, when they
>>>>> were arrested.
>>>>>
>>>>> In March 1999, Liu Liankun, a major general in the People's
>>>>> Liberation Army's General Logistics Department, was arrested for
>>>>> spying for Taiwan.
>>>>>
>>>>> Five months later, Liu was prosecuted, according to Taiwan-based
>>>>> China Times.
>>>>>
>>>>> Song Shengxia and Zhu Shanshan contributed to this story
>>>>>
>>>>> Source: Global Times
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Sean Noonan
>>>>>
>>>>> Tactical Analyst
>>>>>
>>>>> Office: +1 512-279-9479
>>>>>
>>>>> Mobile: +1 512-758-5967
>>>>>
>>>>> Strategic Forecasting, Inc.
>>>>>
>>>>> www.stratfor.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Sean Noonan
>>>>
>>>> Tactical Analyst
>>>>
>>>> Office: +1 512-279-9479
>>>>
>>>> Mobile: +1 512-758-5967
>>>>
>>>> Strategic Forecasting, Inc.
>>>>
>>>> www.stratfor.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Sean Noonan
>>
>> Tactical Analyst
>>
>> Office: +1 512-279-9479
>>
>> Mobile: +1 512-758-5967
>>
>> Strategic Forecasting, Inc.
>>
>> www.stratfor.com
>>
>
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