Intel Funds Fuel Chinese Spy Networks
The U.S. Intelligence Community awarded over a dozen sensitive defense grants to researchers linked to Chinese government and military institutions since 2017.
At least 14 IARPA projects under ODNI involved investigators from Chinese national labs, surveillance entities, military units, and nuclear programs, per a Parallax Advanced Research report.
Liberty Check
- U.S. tax dollars fund high-risk intelligence tech shared with America’s chief adversary, eroding constitutional sovereignty.
- Government oversight failures enable tech transfer to China’s mass surveillance and military, threatening free citizens’ security.
- Prohibit adversarial nation ties in defense research to defend limited government and individual rights.
IARPA’s BRIAR Program lead from Michigan State University collaborated with China’s SUSTech on gait biometrics while working on U.S. counterterrorism tools.
SUSTech partners in China’s defense ecosystem; the investigator also tied to a U.S.-sanctioned Hong Kong liaison deputy director.
“These studies reveal a deliberate effort by China’s intelligence and public security apparatus, alongside military-affiliated entities, to extract lessons, methodologies, and technical knowledge from IARPA-funded programs,” the report warns.
“What I found most concerning was the sheer number of IARPA funded projects that IARPA itself describes as having clear Intelligence Community value that have involved — and in some cases continue to involve — Chinese institutions and companies, including personnel directly tied to the [People’s Liberation Army],” said co-author L.J. Eads.
IARPA BABEL datasets aided PLA Unit 62315 researchers in speech recognition, leading to a Chinese patent.
A 2023 IARPA publication included a researcher from China Academy of Engineering Physics, under the Central Military Commission.
“China’s research sectors have ‘deep entanglements’ with U.S. intelligence defense programs, and ‘present grave national security threats,’” former Ambassador Joseph Cella warned.
ODNI, IARPA, and Michigan State declined comment.
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