The former U.S. director of national intelligence says that there was no concerning intelligence regarding China in the fall of 2020, rebutting Gen. Mark Milley. “There was no concerning intelligence that merited a call to his Chinese counterpart,” John Ratcliffe, who was the director from May 2020 to January, said on Fox News. Milley spoke with a Chinese general, Li Zuocheng, in October 2020 and January. He told a Senate panel this week that the first call was triggered by “concerning intelligence which caused us to believe the Chinese were worried about an imminent attack by the U.S.” Milley said he conveyed to his counterpart that the United States was not going to attack China. Milley is the top military adviser to the president. When the calls were made, that was President Donald Trump. And Ratcliffe was at the time the top intelligence adviser to Trump. Ratcliffe said neither he …
Former Intelligence Director Rebuts Milley: No Concerning Intelligence Regarding China
September 30, 2021
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