Natalie Winters: Top American Generals and Democrat Politicians (Including Hillary Clinton) Joined Chinese Intelllgence's Backchannel Efforts to Distort American Policy

Rich Higgins, RIP, told me long ago that generals and admirals are frequently recruited as agents of influence for foreign powers.

The usual scam is that a foreign government hires them, post-retirement, for "security consulting." For a couple of weeks' "work," they get a million dollars.

But the scam is, they're not being paid for their "security consulting." They're being paid to have a friendly relationship with that foreign government. So that when the foreign power needs a favor, they can ask their Pet General to contact high-ranking politicians or current Pentagon staffers and pitch them the foreign power's agenda.

Democrats have had a long history of treasonous liaisons with China. You all remember Red China pouring money into the Clinton re-election campaign through Chinese "nuns" who deposited Chinese money on behalf of the Chinese government.

Chinese "nuns" who'd taken a vow of poverty poured tens of thousands into the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign, and Al Gore and Hillary and Bill Clinton said "Yes please and thank you, no further questions. We await your orders, Comrades."

Natalie Winters says it's only gotten worse.

REVEALED: Top American Generals Joined a CCP Spy Front's Backchannel Pushing China's Military Agenda in Washington. Some Ended Up on China's Payroll.

From Hillary Clinton to former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it's treason at the highest levels.

Aug 04, 2026

For more than a decade, former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs, combatant commanders, Cabinet officials and members of Congress participated in a military dialogue organized with a Chinese group identified by congressional investigators as a front engaged in "intelligence collection" and "propaganda and perception management." Some ended up on China's payroll shortly after.

The Chinese Communist Party did not need to penetrate the Pentagon to gain access to America's military leadership.

It built a private network around it.

For more than a decade, some of the most powerful retired officers in the United States participated in closed-door meetings with senior Chinese military leaders. The discussions covered Taiwan, the South China Sea, missile defense, cybersecurity and the future of relations between the two militaries.

The American participants included:

Gen. Peter Pace, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Adm. William "Bill" Owens, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Gen. John Abizaid, former commander of U.S. Central Command

Gen. Raymond Odierno, former Army Chief of Staff

Adm. Jonathan Greenert, former Chief of Naval Operations

Adm. Timothy Keating, former commander of U.S. Pacific Command

Gen. Ronald Fogleman, former Air Force Chief of Staff

Gen. Dennis Reimer, former Army Chief of Staff

Adm. Joseph Prueher, former commander of U.S. Pacific Command

Gen. John Keane, former Vice Chief of Staff of the Army

Gen. Walter Sharp, former commander of U.S. Forces Korea

Gen. Charles Jacoby, former commander of U.S. Northern Command

Gen. Charles Wilhelm, former commander of U.S. Southern Command

The program was called the Sanya Initiative.

Its glossy brochures framed it as a peaceful exchange between retired American and Chinese generals. Photographs showed senior officers chatting in Hawaiian shirts, touring military institutions and sitting across from Chinese commanders in ornate meeting rooms.

But the initiative was not organized with an ordinary veterans' association.

It was funded by the China-United States Exchange Foundation, or CUSEF, and conducted with the China Association for International Friendly Contact, or CAIFC.

Congressional investigators have described CAIFC as "a front organization" for the People's Liberation Army's former General Political Department.

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission found that the group performed the dual roles of "intelligence collection" and "conducting propaganda and perception management campaigns."

The commission specifically cited CAIFC's work through the Sanya Initiative.

Put simply -- America's most senior former military leaders spent years collaborating through a program organized with a Chinese military front that U.S. government investigators linked to intelligence gathering and foreign influence operations.

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The CPPCC is a central part of the Chinese Communist Party's United Front system.

U.S. government reports describe the United Front as an influence apparatus designed to build relationships with foreign elites, suppress opposition to Beijing and induce influential outsiders to advance Chinese Communist Party objectives.

One congressional report described its mission as seeking to:

"Co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition."

CUSEF heavily relies on the foreign influence tactic of "pay-for-play" trips, including paying and subsidizing journalists to travel to China in exchange for "favorable coverage."

From Retired Generals To The State Department

The first Sanya Initiative gathering took place in China in 2008.

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The following year, the initiative moved beyond meetings among retired officers.

CUSEF brought the combined American and Chinese delegations through Hawaii, Washington, D.C., and New York.

According to the foundation's own brochure, they met:

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen

Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell

Rep. Rick Larsen

Rep. Mark Kirk

Adm. Timothy Keating

Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle

China #hacked our elections and all of these people need to be investigated for years and years by the FBI, NSA, and CIA.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM

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