CIA system exposed informants; at least 30 killed in China

There is new information surrounding what some consider to be one of the CIA's worst failures in recent history. Investigative journalist Zach Dorfman speaks to CBSN about the number of Chinese assets killed from 2010 to 2012 because of a botched CIA communication system.

[@FRISHR]

This wouldn't happen if the CIA used Nord VPN and SkillShare

[@lonewolfcoding5208]

hahahahah 🤣

[@venanziadorromatagni1641]

They never stayed for the commercials at the end of KZbin Videos. 🤷‍♀️

[@Czechkistan]

we did turns out they cancelled our sponsor and it backfired

[@thinktank8471]

@@Czechkistan 😅

[@itsalwayssunnyinpahoa7631]

LmfaoO, classic!

[@T33K3SS3LCH3N]

What is this, an American TV network does a proper in-depth interview of a decent length, asks good questions, and actually let's the guy finish his answers?

[@TheAgentmigs]

This is unAmerican hahaha

[@rzvrzv9894]

That's rare nowadays

[@johnwayne2103]

IKR!? This is what news used to be. Not opinion cable news.

[@beleagueredmule2782]

I was thinking that this is a rare moment I learned anything from the legacy media in some time. And only 6 years too late. Why is that?

[@bigfish1676]

I know...how refreshing

[@limplin7]

When you send spy you must be ready for two things: 1. Your spy could be captured and neutralized 2. This is going to destroy the relationship between the countries.

[@Prometheus574]

Bombardment of a country is way better than sending a spy. Why not dropping Hiroshima / Nagasaki size bomb?

[@glendjunuslodoli211]

@@Prometheus574 because it would trigger nuclear war that could wipe humanity out from existence

[@SanjayKumar-kg2vp]

@@Prometheus574 China is also powerful country don't forget that and Now USA is supporting china too.

[@TheZachary86]

@@Prometheus574 Is this all the US knows? No wonder they lost in Afghanistan

[@rafaelluisi7832]

@@TheZachary86 USA imperialism against 3 world country will eventually bite it back, im just waiting to see the USA melt down in all his problematics ideologies. they cant manipulate the goverment and economies of other countrys forever.

[@pkwong1940]

If you are a spy and you are caught you can expect to be executed.

[@KevinAssalin]

In the US? No.. In china? Definetly

[@zapsterfuture3991]

@@KevinAssalin Blacksites?

[@jukio02]

@@KevinAssalin US is too soft nowadays. They just give you a slap on the wrist.

[@KevinAssalin]

@@jukio02 in spying/sabotage i agree... Is 20-30y in prison or some high fine... In China is a bullet to the head after some "interrogation"

[@heruiksanudin8942]

​@@jukio02you didn't know about guatanamo do Didn't you?

[@marcelinomartinez2845]

Why is this NOT a bigger news story?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@actontreadway1168]

because the assets are Chinese. these are informants, not agents.

[@nathanfowler9664]

Acton Treadway which is why we should be even more outraged. These people are not Americans yet they risked their life’s to help us. Why? Is life that bad in China? Yes it is, and our government is trying to compete with China by becoming just like them. Soon our internet will be more censored than China’s. Try googling this story and see how hard it is to find it. The top link does not work and the others redirect you to stories about Trump and Russia.

[@actontreadway1168]

...nate... the people who have jobs that give them enough access to important information that they would become assets in the first place are not suffering. they have good jobs. that is why the cia wanted them. being outraged about exposed assets does not decensor our own internet either.

[@thegreatgeekdetective6925]

Because the truth is. No one cares. It’s the brutal honest truth.

[@shadowlord1418]

Think this is old

[@alfredoperez365]

USA Password: America#1 🤣😂

[@emersonherrera4939]

😒😳😔😌😊☺😂😂😂

[@BigKeithDog]

Podesta's password was "password", and they wonder who could have hacked him? Anybody...

[@amaz0nsmash]

Lmfaooo

[@JohnDoe-zw3xs]

It have caps and lower case a special digit and also a number so its not that bad actually

[@HitchedBug]

In the cold war the nuclear code was supposedly 00000000

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

Remember, this happened 2010 to 2012, so you have to ask what the media is trying to tie this into in the year 2018 and why they supposedly care so much.

[@bobjames9353]

Anything negatively involving Trump is fake news. He is ten times better than FDR.

[@generalleenknassknotretire9180]

And you wonder why everyone thinks you're morons or trolls? You're either spreading BS, or believing all of it. Get off the internet.

[@jimmiesmith5590]

Didn't know that....hmmmmm. Nevertheless Trump still sucks.

[@WISDOMvsKnowledge22]

hevquip Because the criminally infiltrated community watch groups are about to go Bust!!

[@hairydeck]

Every president has problems but it’s not about them it’s about what they are doing for this country n trump is keeping it safe🇺🇸#maga

[@salimthabit4210]

Hypocrisy at its finest.

[@ragantate3995]

You can say that again.

[@nodnalneyugn8753]

@salim You are a 0.50 cents army troll.

[@traxex2930]

CIA should respect a country's sovereignty and privacy.

[@mattk8810]

Lol what? How did china advance its military? From not stealing using spies right?

[@roro4787]

@@mattk8810 that's exactly how US developed it's military from stolen. German tech after WW2. So that's how world work. Don't be a cry baby now

[@lastyhopper2792]

nah, all nations should spy on each other. That is how you get interesting movies/stories.

[@antoinesilva1527]

+ other nations (ESPECIALLY China itself) do this too. What’s the problem?

[@leohedrick1624]

Treason is punishable by death

[@chrismashburn9710]

Or re-election.

[@heruiksanudin8942]

6 month is enough

[@axxessmundi]

Just sold my rough draft movie script called "30 Spies" to Spielberg Studios.

[@tajrasti]

Axxess Mundi Finally a movie with a good story.

[@spacenodus7959]

?

[@isaiahmusa3474]

Dion Dimucci smh how did that joke go over your head gotdamn bro!!!!

[@BlackFalconZ850E77]

Axxess Mundi Really? If this is indeed true, congratulations my good man. If you really put that screenwrite together we need to talk. I also write spynovel like scripts.

[@kenwu7]

Axxess Mundi too bad it wouldn't be shown in China 😂

[@masivatak]

This is the cost of this type of business. Terrible but not surprising.

[@leodarksam6230]

James Schrader but not all are evil as the US.

[@samg9888]

This is a little high and is a signal that we need to change something.

[@shadowlord1418]

Spies die it happens just sucks cause their handelers let em down

[@nondescriptstraightwhitema6138]

Did the CIA ever find those weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? asking for a friend thanks. ( I have to type for him cuz he lost his eyesight in Iraq) 😚

[@tigern_i_f_rimeri6069]

nei nei...haha nope...sure not

[@cia7801]

The whereabouts of the weapons of mass destruction would be classified to normal civilians if the CIA did actually find them.

[@nodnalneyugn8753]

you are a 0.50 cents army troll.

[@the4eyedowl341]

Always remember US never attacks a country with actual weapons of mass destruction.

[@jenme4796]

Maybe the CIA hired an idiot spy

[@mikadeca4031]

Someone spying for USA dies: what a tragedy, such a brave hero. Someone spies on USA: send him to Guantanamo and it's human rights abuse! USA! USA! USA!

[@radityosukses]

I hate to admit this

[@victorespino5650]

The US government is everywhere, more than any other government. Influencing and gathering info.

[@SkyDarmos]

They talk about this as if it wasn't a crime to spy.

[@Moorsho]

Good job china you have to protect your country by any means necessary.

[@anoxie1301]

"The disaster in China has led some officials to conclude that internet-based systems, even ones that employ sophisticated encryption, can never be counted on to shield assets." Hopefully they'll listen to these officials, because when you frame it as a "botched CIA communications system" you think the first thing they'll do is ask their IT guys to design a "smarter, better, safer" communication system.

[@ms.q7445]

rimred major “Duh.” I thought we had SMART people doing this stuff.

[@Theneweastwood]

rimred 100% true

[@mikehawk90]

Its damn sad. Even our power grid is connected to internet. They know there vulnerable, and they do nothing.

[@mrsaye499]

only one thing to do>> pedal backwards. some "antiquated methods" were superior. no one wants to accept that.

[@nicoletteferragamo]

Like carrier pigeons

[@difencrosby]

Lol, they didn’t want to pay the informants so they exposed them in order to rid themselves of any obligation.

[@user-sx2we1xe5q]

Hahahahaha😂

[@conzmoleman]

This is the greatest and coolest news I’ve seen in such a long time. It’s so rare you get a happy, feel-good news story these days :)

[@steveconrad8857]

Imagine is the news had investigated this when it mattered. What else happened 10 years ago.

[@marcocastillo2754]

It's funny that the time period covered is from 2010 - 2012 when it was disclosed in May 2010 by Microsoft and the University of Indiana that https was not really secure.

[@Tropicaya]

"These aren't just assets, these are humans with lives" lol

[@markglish9303]

About what

[@Prometheus574]

@@markglish9303 They are weapons.

[@beatlejuice7755]

Yeah the CIA does not care about anything other than oil.

[@marshallkirkpatrickjr2039]

Exactly 💯

[@didyouknowamazingfacts2790]

Typical female response.

[@rachedel-moctar4290]

"We're not talking about AGENTS. We're talking about people who spy on their own government and report it to a hostile intelligence agency. THEY HAVE FAMILIES." LOL

[@haggaiandagile6232]

THEY ARE TRAITORS

[@Atilla_the_Fun]

American media is unwatchable

[@luci75d76]

The Chinese are very smart and I like the way they do things. What US agents do here ?

[@theodore1183]

You like a country locking up millions of people only because they believe something different??? You are evil, just like the country you pretend to support.

[@AA-jg7xm]

Well done China !

[@portaadonai]

this happened in 2012? And just reporting it now?

[@LinLinvy]

They are running out of news

[@deborahfreedman333]

It often takes a while for information to be declassified. I knew about a DARPA project in 1976 that was only declassified 5 years ago, even though it had already been countered by the former Soviet Union long before.

[@victorespino5650]

@@LinLinvy at least we're knowing what happened

[@pyrophobia133]

there's probably dozens more that we don't know about for every one that gets reported

[@jimmiesmith5590]

Better start resulting to old school tactics and stop putting people's name in computer database systems. Encryptions are not safe anymore. Shame

[@seannotconnery8191]

Never underestimate the power of pen and paper.

[@jsocdelta82]

*Infuriates me to know that not ONE higher/senior officials within OGA and/or aff'd orgs was remotely held accountable....sooooo f..king typical, tragic, and just totally unacceptable that the only ones to pay were the assets and w/their lives....their nearest DC based boss or command leadership should have been kneecapped at minimum*

[@user-fp8pg9xb7q]

Okay, so let see what CIAs really are, what they trying to to and what they did in Hong Kong.

[@jasonrichard6631]

I mean the protest erupted because of the extradition bill. why would the US care about another country extradition bill that dont even effect the usa. No the cia is actually targetting goverment that oppose america is like buisness and oil. like guatemala. when the democratically elected leader there was over throw by the USA cuz he wanted to pass anti explotation law to improve the people's live there and that make US buisness in guatemala les profitable so the CIA came in and overthrow them. almost the same thing happen in iran but instead of tropical fruits of guatemala the USA wanted iran's oil.

[@classwarhooligan923]

CIA is an agitator in Hong Kong.

[@raezemrazdan5916]

@@classwarhooligan923 truth

[@ILDG86]

How dare the Chinese uncover and dismantle our espionage activities in their country. LMAO

[@mikeletterst9882]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@suckmyballzgameplays7172]

As if they weren’t doing the same.

[@NunYa953]

The fact that this is being reported on with such detail has me convinced that this is just counterintelligence. In most cases counterintelligence is the most effective form of defense through intelligence.

[@BadBoyBobby85]

Also known as propoganda

[@NunYa953]

@@BadBoyBobby85 You should buy a dictionary. They share similarities but are completely different.

[@MusicLovingFool1]

@@NunYa953 And you should know that there are 6 corporations who control the narrative with over 200 publications all repeating the same lies. Google it buddy..."what 6 corporations own the media". I dare you. They all read teleprompters. Wake up.

[@conzmoleman]

cope and seethe brother. china rolled up our network and made ‘em pay the price! it happened the same time as china executing a lot of their own officials for “corruption.” ie, our spies corrupted them and made them witting collaborators. and they got caught too. sweet, sweet justice! you gotta love it.

[@jerrellthornton9604]

It was Trump after he stole our top secret documents. He either shared info on foreign sources or spies got their hands on the info.

[@s70rk]

"Just to be sure, no agents were harmed during this unaccountable failure, right?" "That's right, generic news man, they were just people. You know, collateral."

[@OEFarredondo]

Sounds like they’ve sacrificed the assets to see who and where the Chinese were monitoring from. So sad they did that.

[@Zo_Rox]

Sounds like what American will do.

[@OEFarredondo]

@@Zo_Rox Hey, you are replacable. Look at how long the line is for those waiting to get your job... remember this and you will understand The world not just America my dear child

[@michaelzm76]

Well done, China National Security Administration. Big data plays a key role in catching CIA spies.

[@jasontheworldisyours]

Great journalism here. Thanks for the story @Coloredspaces

[@Kojak4413]

Biden to CCP: Give me a million per name.

[@amukasa]

We will never know the secrets of General Tso now :(

[@World_Analysis-]

This is going to come back to haunt us in the next 50 years.

[@zro3266]

This proves the American educational system is flawed.

[@keneu7135]

Why most of the smart people only seem to be smart after get busted???

[@user-sx2we1xe5q]

The smart people are not at stake, but with their "assets" out there sweating blood for them.

[@reinaldodepedro]

And now every network is possibly compromised... if it is, have to start from the ground up, new agents, new assets, new networks. Better safe than sorry.

[@logancarter1622]

CRIMINAL.INTELLIGENCE .AGENCY

[@Kasperx138]

Couldn’t happen to a better group of people.

[@hollyhold6960]

The U.S. computer systems/manufacturer's ecosystem has placed far more emphasis on profit, over security, beginning as far back as the 1980's. The issue burgeoned in the 90's. My father + step-father, both, worked in major computer companies, one worked w DOD, complained at the lack of American businesses security development, over other tech innovation = American hubris.

[@DarkestValar]

way to go CBS stand up for those criminals and traitors.

[@erictaylor5462]

How many "unbreakable" systems have been broken, historically. You'd think they would learn, sooner or later.

[@JamesBond-ir1yj]

Why would this be on the News, unless this is what they want you to hear/see.

[@Jacob-ht7im]

The balls it takes to be an international government spy is right up there with bomb diffusal technician. Espionage is both fascinating and terrifying at the same time.

[@OliveMule]

It doesnt take "balls" These are BROKEN people. Do like an hour worth a real research and you would learn the truth. Heres my peace offering to you: In KZbin search for kay grigs 8 hour interview

[@nielsgroothedde8038]

@@OliveMule it isnt that black and white

[@kimeli]

how do you know?

[@dacoup5955]

@@kimeli he doesn't, which is why he won't respond ...

[@xbox360mic]

@@OliveMuletell him to look up cointelpro and judas… take these dummies 2 school

[@dylandaddyeg]

Her face at 06:00 when he mentions money.

[@ArturoSerna28er]

It's called friendly fire When you know too much you have to be silenced.

[@alexmartinez8995]

those 30 killed are only from 2010 to 2012, I wonder how many have died now years later

[@conductingintomfoolery9163]

China good

[@douglasstetson7250]

Oh Hillary.........

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Shouldn’t be spying in the first place

[@dvltang871]

What year was this going on?

[@HelloWorld-kq3jt]

Why do we trust these agencies? They seem inept and ineffective.

[@lance8080]

Vlad Impaler like your so smart .

[@dickrichard99]

I get the journalist wants to clarify who was killed but if the CIA says assets were killed then they weren’t agents that’s why they were referred to as ASSETS. 🤦‍♂️

[@alexgodinez9054]

China just said hold my beer 🍻 🩸

[@deborahfreedman333]

We need to invest more in cyber security. China has a very intense cyber-state, with AI surveillance. Take a page from the Israeli book, and develop secure encryption at every node of the communications network.

[@BlackOps78321]

Seems like common sense, if this wasn't done, I'd be highly surprised.

[@ms.q7445]

Very sad.

[@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath]

This happened from 2010-2012. Why is this just now being reported on??

[@illumination101]

CIAs slogan shld be " just sub it out."

[@eLnochiCalee]

Politics aside, this is the one thing "Black Water" was good at. Recruiting ppl and finding out exactly where the hornets nest was. Most of what troops could do in Afghan came from them and SOF. It still surprises me that they got disbanded. CIA needs to go back what works again, ppl with communication skills "LDS" coming back home & something like "B - W" to run the farms which most combat veterans will sign up for.

[@teenoneofyabusiness1424]

Blackwater are terrorists

[@jama5191]

@@teenoneofyabusiness1424 they are working they have families and every nation has interests , they will make sure to protect it .

[@mlasko74]

Imagine being hung out to dry and left to the whims of your enemy, poor devils may God help them.

[@ivanvasiliev8710]

So you think spying peoples country is legal?????

[@dragossorin85]

this level of incompetence is unacceptable , if this is what really hapend

[@bellabarlow4690]

That journalists is gonna end up in an “accident “ FACTS

[@humanoidphenomnon6754]

Theres an agent in the comment section. ..

[@rickguarcini2407]

is it ORANGE

[@benwallace3058]

The System: CIA using MySpace to send DM's

[@kevinowenburress2435]

Life goes on.

[@Beachdudeca]

Omfg , and we scream about Russian Spies in the USA lol

[@hairydeck]

More chines spies in here then we probably got their

[@odinosiris8951]

Beachdudeca that's because the Chinese are the untouchable buttbuddies to the Globalstar bankers, hence the reason they are never bothered, it's the Russians who are on target, because they love freedom. the globalist want the u.s. and the world to be more like communist China. the "Sheeple" are more easily controlled

[@MikhailKalashnikovMiG]

deharleyva I disagree. I think they should run for public office; it seems to work in favour of American politicians these days.

[@burbanpoison2494]

@@odinosiris8951 so that makes you a...wolfle? A wolfon. A group of you would be wolfle. Man... I wish I wasn't such a dumb sheeple.

[@salimthabit4210]

Hypocrisy at its finest.

[@elchucofried5683]

Legalize marijuana and let our hackers fight back... problem solved💪🏽💪🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽

[@jlind3161]

That's the spirit, well concerning the marihuana part at least;)

[@NoBody-tz4fb]

elchucofried we have laws and risk prison time. They are encouraged.

[@abe6495]

What does drugs have to do with this?

[@stalkingbosses_corruptcops2504]

because marijuana is a medicine

[@elchucofried5683]

@@abe6495 the government doesn't hire people who use marijuana because it is federally illegal. In other words we dont hire the best people because of weed and hackers smoke a lot of weed. We are hiring dweebs and not the best of the best.

[@markiscouch6729]

China's determination to rule the world is absolutely true. 🇺🇸

[@ritaisland]

And where is the resource from? Total BS! Never heard of this!

[@FOO261]

We’re there. They’re here. If your cover is blown, it won’t end well. That’s the name of the game. Happens more often than reported. To think otherwise would be naive. ...AND, they are much better at it than we are. They ARE embedded within our government. Dianne Feinstein’s driver for TWENTY YEARS is just one of many.

[@zoidlrrr4633]

THE Q you are correct. I know a person that works for Alex Jones that is an FBI/CIA double agent. He corroborates this story. That is just the beginning. Look up Mitt Romney’s housekeeper and Gary Johnson’s gardener. Can’t believe that people won’t wake up!

[@rachelslur8729]

@@zoidlrrr4633 Even if some FВl/СlА agent did "work" for Аlех Jоnеs it doesn't change the fact that Аlех was either insane or pretending insane to be a snakeoil salesman. All his products are overprised and do magic. Drink caveman much?

[@CIA.U.S.A]

I used to work for the CIA before in the Middle East this job is very hard & complicated good bless the US ❤

[@sabirzain5053]

And we're supposed to have unwavering faith in our "intelligence community"?

[@quanle9133]

How did this leak?

[@tritonbradford1688]

They've been putting there rats out there for years once there done with them!

[@magic-maro]

Didn't their mom tell them not to spy, when they were young?!

[@christopherdavis2231]

I mean treason is treason wherever you are

[@Iowarail]

That's one way to get rid of your informants.

[@EscapeCondition]

We still trade with them freely and allow them to own massive swathes of our land and businesses, so clearly this is all fine. Let a citizen steal a candy bar though..

[@CentaurusRelax314]

Serious question: Why isn't the *UNITED NATIONS* at the forefront of dealing with these types of atrocities, by Russia, China, and North Korea? NKorea has been sanctioned and embargoed to the limits, for decades. Why no such action against other major powers for what should be International Crimes? If you're a UN member, you ought to have an interest in protecting your fellow members by way of a coalition of financial and political pressures, and possibly criminal tribunals. // I suppose the obvious reason is that no one wants to admit it has "spies." But, it's 2018. We're now not so naive.

[@shatteredstar2149]

The UN is a joke because the U.S. keeps protecting Israel, like a good gaurd dog. The UN isn't an alliance, its a organization where nations get together to deal with international issues, its also a place where nations voice their national interest. There is no action because every single country has committed crimes, it would only lead to countries trying to judge another for their crimes. It's like oh you did this so I'm going to carry out justice, but you did this so I'm also going to carry out justice.

[@TheLastRockNRollerAlive]

There are key phrases here “transitional” “they felt like their system couldn’t be broken.” They were transitioning the system from one point to another, during that period they had vulnerabilities, and as usual in their ego they felt like, no one would ever breach this, underestimating the opponent. As far as care for the individual people spying, informants, that’s not their concern. It failed, they had lightbulbs in the area, the lightbulbs got turned off.

[@xogahaaduunka8695]

Can I use this video

[@mrcapybara3579]

Good riddance

[@mrcapybara3579]

@Proud Bosniak May God bless and comfort the victims of those unnecessary wars😔

[@peterpete5466]

Good job China!!! 🇨🇳👏❤️

[@911WASanINSIDEjob420]

You anti American traitor go move to China see how that goes for your life

[@peterpete5466]

@@911WASanINSIDEjob420 lolwut. Im not American so you can't call me a traitor. YOU should move somewhere else and maybe that'll help you realize the world doesn't revolve around the US.

[@lance8080]

How that virus doing.

[@theodore1183]

Nah, China doesnt want to talk with the world. So other countries have to go in, to get any sort of information. China is an evil country, and has killed more people than any other country in history. But that okay for you, I hope the CCP let you starve the same way they let 10's of millions starve before you

[@RustinChole]

.....that’s not good. Paired with what the Chinese military has been up to, ....bummer.

[@1onewayrnoway]

It's not difficult to hack or in this case "log on" a system that's router based DOS/Q-basic program.

[@andrews2718]

This was on Alex Jones

[@di4rain630]

Prayers for their families & friends ! No greater love than lying one's life down for their brothers & sisters

[@jose135678]

because the agency does not get involved in matters of the states when one asks for social media when it is in danger of damage by its own agents, they should pay attention to end the corruption of the states, I ask for more investigation and I ask that they also be sued for not providing protection

[@jangler007]

Not a ‘communist’ country. They call it that. It’s ‘authoritarian’, period. Communism is not an economic system, it’s a way of living. China is very far from that way of life.

[@evyatarmor2]

True

[@vguyver2]

I suppose it's actually now a Totalitarian State Government with a Capitalist based Economy.

[@jodihouts6032]

Funny that it happened during the time our secretary of state was using a private server and blackberries too. Could this be why it was so important to risk destroying evidence in spite of it being illegal? Where are those Awan brothers by the way? Never hear about them.

[@ms.q7445]

jodi houts Shipdit.

[@naskutak]

China ❤️👍love from Eu

[@jalilkhan4345]

With Pompio as Secretary of State ... this organization is exposed to the world. World's countries have assessments and something to say for this organization.

[@genyalyons1707]

killed in 2010-2012. this old news. also i remember this being aired on news last year. Is the news recycling old news?

[@poli4869]

exactly what the traitors deserve😄