Department of Homeland Security Employees Charged in Chinese Spying and Harassment Operation...

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by Ari Hoffman at The Post Millennial

Two men with ties to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have been charged by US prosecutors for participating in a “transnational repression scheme” as described by federal officials, that include harassing and spying on political dissidents in the United States on behalf of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC).

On Thursday, Craig Miller, who has been a DHS deportation officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the last 15 years, and Derrick Taylor, a former private investigator and DHS law enforcement agent in Irvine, California, were indicted by a federal grand jury, along with three other men, according to the Department of Justice.

Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen said in a statement, “We will defend the rights of people in the United States to engage in free speech and political expression, including views the PRC government wants to silence.”

He added, “As charged, these individuals aided agents of a foreign government in seeking to suppress dissenting voices who have taken refuge here. The defendants include two sworn law enforcement officers who chose to forsake their oaths and violate the law. This indictment is the next step in holding all of these defendants responsible for their crimes.”

The additional defendants in the case are…