How 'Honey Traps' Are Set By Spies On U.S. Soil

 

FOX News: Fighting China's spies: How a military expert on honey traps got lured into one himself 

How "honey traps" are set on U.S. soil 

Just days before the attacks of September 11, 2001 one ranking U.S. military intelligence officer was recruiting linguists for counter-drug operations -- when he received a phone call from a woman claiming that one of his potential hires had ties to terrorism. 

They agreed to meet in a downtown Manhattan bar so the officer, who still works in the security sector and requested not to be named, could take down the details of the tip. 

"In walked an absolutely stunning, drop-dead gorgeous woman," he recalled. 

"We just had a casual conversation. She mentioned she had family in Florida – they happened to be right where I was living." 

A coincidence? 

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WNU Editor: The above post and video with Gordon Chang on how these Chinese spy/honey-trap  operations work is spot on. I should know. This happened to me when I was working in China as a minor diplomat in the late 1980s. One day my usual translator was replaced by a gorgeous and young university student practicing languages. It failed because I knew what they were doing, and I had no interest to get involved in such a relationship. She was replaced a week later, and my usual old and grumpy translator was reassigned to me. 

Interestingly. After that experience my job became easier to do. My guess is that the Chinese made the calculation that I was more serious about my job (arranging and/or helping to make small business deals) than fooling around and being easily exposed to blackmail. In a certain way .... I had passed their test.