Tlaib Wrote Op-Ed for Farrakhan in 2006

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) wrote in 2006 an op-ed for the Final Call, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's publication known for espousing anti-Semitism. Tlaib's piece focused on how legal immigrants should not be deported for minor criminal offenses, according to a report from journalist Jeryl Bier. At the end of her article, the now freshman congresswoman is identified as an "advocacy coordinator of the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) in Detroit." Tlaib has not written in the Final Call since then.

Tlaib has come under fire since her election to Congress for ties to individuals and groups that have espoused anti-Semitic views. In January, she attended a private dinner after her swearing-in with Abbas Hamideh, a "Palestinian right of return" activist who has called Israel a "terrorist entity." Hamideh has also tweeted that Israel has a "delusional ISIS-like ideology" and that the creation of the country was a "crime." In late January, Tlaib advocated against Sen. Marco Rubio's (Fla.) bill concerning Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel, which would allow state and local governments to boycott companies that boycott Israel. Tlaib called the bill an "anti-First Amendment, anti-speech bill," in an interview for the Intercept‘s "Deconstructed" podcast.

"Do you know what we’ve done in this country with the right to boycott, what we’ve done in this country with the right to speak up and to protest and to say we disagree with this country and their doings? You look at Apartheid. You look at all the, you know, anti-blackness in our country and what we’ve been able to try to do to push back against that, you know, I don’t even call it an anti-B — I call it anti-First Amendment, anti-speech bill," Tlaib said. In further support of the BDS movement, Tlaib attempted to organize a congressional trip to the West Bank. The attempt was in opposition to an Israel trip traditionally organized for freshman members of Congress by AIPAC, a group that advocates pro-Israel policies.

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Tlaib Op-Ed

http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/Perspectives_1/Bills_must_stop_deportations_for_minor_offenses_2954.shtml

Chinese Spied on Military Electronics in Florida

Chinese national sentenced to prison linked to Public Security Ministry

A Chinese student linked to Beijing's Public Security Ministry was sentenced to prison last week for spying on sensitive communications gear at a major military base in Key West, Florida. Zhao Qianli, a Chinese national who told the FBI he was a music student visiting Florida as a tourist, was arrested by military police Sept. 26 after taking pictures and video at Naval Air Station Key West. He had waded into the surf along a beach at the base to get around a security fence, according to court papers. Once inside the fence, Zhou began taking images of communications antennas and equipment at a site called an "antenna farm"—sensitive equipment used by the military, anti-drug, and intelligence agencies at the base.

The base is the southernmost point in the United States and home to Southern Command's Joint Interagency Task Force South, a group engaged mainly in countering illicit trafficking but also charged with intelligence gathering and other military activities. The base also trains pilots from all services in air-to-air combat. A squadron of F-18 jets and the Army Special Forces Underwater Operations School are located at the base.

Zhao pleaded guilty to one count of illegally photographing a vital military facility. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore in Key West sentenced him to a year in prison, the maximum sentence for the espionage-related charge. Court documents in the case and law enforcement sources provided new details of a rare case of Chinese intelligence agencies targeting an East Coast military facility for spying.

Chinese agents in the past were detected spying on military and intelligence facilities in Japan, Hawaii, and Alaska, including the missile defense base at Fort Greely. FBI investigators searched Zhao's Miami hotel room after his arrest and discovered a blue shirt and belt buckle worn by Public Security Ministry police. The ministry is China's main political police and intelligence service focused on domestic security. Security analysts say it is unusual for Public Security Ministry personnel to conduct overseas spying, a task usually carried out by operatives from the Ministry of State Security or People's Liberation Army (PLA) Second Department, known as 2PLA. Public Ministry agents, however, have been detected in the United States conducting illegal surveillance and harassment of Chinese dissidents and nationals in the past.

During the base intrusion, Zhao was quickly stopped by armed military police at the Key West base. He was then arrested by Key West police before the case was turned over to FBI counterintelligence agents. Zhao spoke fluent English and carried no identification at the time of his arrest, a sign he was operating covertly and prepared to be detained. He told MPs who confronted him that he was a tourist who was lost and had strayed on the base by accident. Investigators also discovered Zhao was in touch with Chinese intelligence officers inside the United States before the base intrusion. Under questioning by the FBI, Zhao disclosed he was the son of a high-ranking PLA officer and that his mother worked for the Chinese government.

Zhao, according to court papers, lied to FBI agents during questioning Dec. 7 stating he was in the last year of a four-year music program at the North University of China. However, his visa application stated he did not began the music program until 2017. "Evidence recovered from [Zhou's] cellular phone further showed documentation of a university engineering course curriculum—when confronted with this information, Zhao Qianli simply stated he ‘did not know how it got on my phone,'" one document said. Zhao also told the FBI he underwent military training as a university student but failed to disclose the military service on his visa application, as required.

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