ANI
May 12, 2012
Washington, May 12 (ANI): A former top CIA covert officer has said there are currently more foreign spies on American soil than there were even at the peak of the Cold war.
“If you look at the threat that is imposed upon our nation every day, some of the major nation states-China in particular — [have] very sophisticated intelligence operations, very aggressive operations against the U.S.,” said Hank Crumpton, who also served as deputy director of the CIA’s Counter-Terrorism Center.
“I would hazard to guess there are more foreign intelligence officers inside the U.S. working against U.S. interests now than even at the height of the Cold War,” It’s a critical issue,” he told CBS.
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