Washington Aims to Build Economic Espionage Program

The U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) is planning to develop a next-generation espionage program to engage in economic warfare against China. The program involves operating undercover agents disguised as private sector employees to gather intelligence without revealing their identities, as part of a broader campaign to counter China's economic and military threats. The program is still in the planning stage, with Tom Ricosan, a former CIA officer who previously investigated the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 elections, leading the team. The Pentagon denied the accuracy of the report, citing unreliable information, while the CIA has not issued an official statement. Sources in Congress indicated that the initiative was not officially known about. This comes in the context of earlier announcements by American officials about increasing intelligence efforts to monitor and track Chinese industrial facilities in response to China’s dual challenge in both military and economic domains.

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