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Dan Bongino

@FBIDDBongino

Your @FBI has more updates for you on our efforts to defend the homeland and protect the American people.

Today in the southern district of California, a jury found Jinchao Wei, a naturalized US citizen from China and a U.S. Navy sailor, guilty of espionage.

Wei lied when he took his oath to defend the United States to become a sailor. Prior to celebrating his U.S. citizenship, Wei sent U.S. national defense information to a Chinese intelligence officer.

Wei admitted he knew his actions to help China would be viewed as spying and affect his pending citizenship. Still he decided to STEAL military information, secretly transmit it to China, and cover his tracks until he got caught by the FBI and our partners. Wei risked everything…and he LOST.

China’s intelligence officers AGGRESSIVELY target U.S. military members with and without clearances. ANYONE can be a target of China’s Communist Party under the right circumstances.

-If anyone offers you money or compensation for ANY kind of military information, whether it belongs to the U.S. or our allies, this is suspicious and you should report it.

-If someone offers to pay you for your opinion, pictures of military facilities, screenshots of military documents, names, or information about other military members, this is suspicious and you should report it.

China’s intelligence officers WILL hide their true affiliation. Here are some red flags to look out for:

-A former colleague reaches out to you, maybe out of the blue, and asks questions about sensitive programs that you’re working on.

-They introduce you to a foreign national who shows interest in your work.

-Someone you don’t know contacts you to write a paper about sensitive work-related topics.

-They want to move conversations to private messaging channels like Signal or WeChat.

-At first, they might only ask for publicly available information, but gradually insist on more sensitive or classified information.

-Offer to pay you MORE money for NON-PUBLIC information.

-Want you to recruit others with more or different access than you have.

-You try to cut off contact, but they keep messaging you.

-They ask you to sign a receipt for payment.

The disclosure of national defense information could place the national security of the United States at risk. It can reveal our country’s security posture against foreign invasion, endanger our military personnel, erode our economic security, undermine U.S. intelligence operations, and take away our negotiating advantage.

Report suspicious behaviors and contacts you suspect could be from a foreign adversary.

More to come. God bless America, and all who defend her.

3:56 PM CDT · Aug 21, 2025 · 259.3K Views

https://x.com/FBIDDBongino/status/1958634430500938010

Military attorneys to help with D.C. crime caseload during federal takeover

y Matt Delaney - The Washington Times - Thursday, August 21, 2025

Military attorneys are being sent to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District as prosecutors look to add some extra legal muscle amid President Trump’s federal crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office confirmed Thursday that 20 Judge Advocate Generals from the Department of Defense will join the prosecutor’s office next week.

It’s unclear how long the assignment will last, but the JAG lawyers are expected to handle misdemeanor civilian cases in the District.

“The assignment of 20 JAGs to my office is further proof of President Trump’s commitment to fighting and reducing crime in the District,” U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said in a statement.

The JAGs will begin training next week, according to NBC News, which first reported the development.

A Defense Department spokesperson said that the U.S. Attorney’s Office submitted a request for assistance to the Pentagon.

“Updates will be shared at the appropriate time, after decisions have been made,” the spokesperson said.

JAGs usually ensure military procedures comply with the law and offer legal advice to soldiers, but are now being used to help fill gaps in the District’s short-staffed U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Ms. Pirro told Fox News this month that her office is down 90 prosecutors as well as 60 investigators and paralegals. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District is the largest in the nation, and has the unique role of handling both federal and major local cases.

The JAGs provide some much-needed help amid hundreds of arrests made during Mr. Trump’s surge of federal agents throughout the city.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday that authorities have tallied 630 arrests and seized close to 90 illegal guns in the 10 days since Mr. Trump commandeered the Metropolitan Police Department.

The range of charges for those who have been arrested includes homicide, robbery and drug trafficking.

A large portion of the federal arrests have been immigration-related.

On Wednesday, D.C. police and immigration agents tackled and handcuffed a man on the National Mall during a traffic stop. Social media videos showed the man yelling, in Spanish, that he’s “not a criminal, I work here, I want to be with my family.”

The footage went viral among liberal social media accounts until the Trump administration published the man’s criminal history.

The White House identified the man as Mexican national David Perez-Teofani, who had entered the country illegally three times, already had a final deportation order against him, and was charged in Fairfax County with sexually assaulting a minor under 13.

While D.C. leaders have disputed Mr. Trump’s federal intervention by citing police statistics showing a 30-year low in violence, the president has called into question the reliability of the data.

He also argued the District still has one of the highest murder and car theft rates in the nation.

Mr. Trump’s crime emergency can only last for another 20 days. Extending it would require Congressional approval, which is unlikely because that would need Democratic support.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/21/jags-help-dc-crime-caseload-federal-takeover/

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https://avi-loeb.medium.com/does-3i-atlas-generate-its-own-light-e9775594afc5

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