Thursday, August 13, 2026 · Meanwhile
CCP INTEL OFFICIAL BUYS BUILDING OVERLOOKING THE WHITE HOUSE...
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How is this remotely OK? Daily Caller News Foundation scoop: a senior Chinese Communist Party intelligence official is the new owner of the 100-year-old Securities Building on 15th Street — roughly 650 feet from the White House grounds. Philip Qiu's family foundation closed the $8.4 million purchase on July 21. Per university records and DCNF translations of Chinese government announcements, Qiu has held multiple positions in China's intelligence and state security arms. A CCP spy-service veteran with a sightline on the White House complex — on the record, in the filings.
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