Lawmakers Demand Classified Briefing on Chinese Spy Base in Cuba
Two top lawmakers are pushing the Biden administration to hold a classified briefing on the secret Chinese spy facility in Cuba, flagging the national security implications of the “growing intelligence” the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is gathering not far from American shores.
In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and CIA Director William Burns, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee respectively, wrote in alarm over the reported Cuba–China “military and intelligence partnership.”
Both Congress and the American public “deserve clarity about the national security implications of this direct provocation by our adversaries, and the concrete steps the Administration plans to take in response,” they said….