August 10, 2020
Hon. Nancy Pelosi
Speaker
U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Madame Speaker:
We write in connection with your responsibility as Speaker of the House to appoint Democratic members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI). One of those currently serving as the Chairman of its Intelligence Modernization and Readiness Subcommittee, Rep. Eric Swalwell, is clearly a national security risk and we call upon you to remove him immediately from this Committee, thus terminating his exposure to our nation’s most sensitive secrets.
As you know, the Congressman has admitted to having a relationship with a female Chinese spy known as “Fang Fang.” Press accounts indicate that the Intelligence Community (IC) has prepared a classified report on the character of that relationship. Presumably, it also assesses the degree to which such behavior has compromised Rep. Swalwell, endangering information to which he has privileged access as a senior member of the HPSCI and that would be of interest to the Chinese Communist Party and its People’s Liberation Army.
If so, the question occurs: Has the IC rendered a judgment about whether Eric Swalwell even now could be regarded – and run – by China’s Ministry of State Security as one of its intelligence assets?
As you know, the magnitude of the threat we are facing from the Chinese Communist Party is such that we cannot allow any avoidable intensification of that danger to arise from unforced errors. Eric Swalwell’s continued presence on the House Intelligence Committee is one such error and we call on you to rectify it at once.
Sincerely,
Brian Kennedy, Chairman, Committee on the Present Danger: China; former President, Claremont Institute; President of American Strategy Group*
Hon. Pete Hoekstra, former United States Ambassador to the Netherlands; former Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Hon. Sue Myrick, former Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Hon. Michele Bachmann, Dean, Regents University Law School; former Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Hon. Dave Brat, former Member of Congress*
Hon. Fred Fleitz, President and CEO, Center for Security Policy; former Professional Staff Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; former Chief of Staff, National Security Council
Lieutenant General William “Jerry” Boykin, U.S. Army (Ret.), former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; former Commander, Delta Force*
Admiral Jerome L. Johnson, USN (Ret.), commander of the U.S. Second Fleet, Joint Task Force 120, NATO’s Striking Fleet Atlantic (1988-1990), Vice Chief of Naval Operations (1990-1992)
Major General Joseph Arbuckle, U.S. Army (Ret.), former Commanding General, U.S. Army Operations Support Command
Hon. Kenneth deGraffenreid, former Deputy National Counterintelligence Executive, former Senior Director for Intelligence, National Security Council; former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; former Professional Staff Member, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; and Captain, U.S. Navy Reserves (Ret.)*
Hon. Robert Charles, Esq., former Assistant Secretary of State, former White House counsel; former Naval Intelligence officer*
Hon. Ed Timperlake, Editor, Defense.info; former Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs; former Marine aviator*
Hon. Michael Anton, Lecturer, Hillsdale College; former Special Assistant to the President; senior staff member, National Security Council
David Wurmser, former Middle East Adviser to US Vice President Dick Cheney; former special assistant to John R. Bolton at the State Department; research fellow on the Middle East at the American Enterprise Institute
Frank J. Gaffney, Executive Chairman, Center for Security Policy; Vice Chairman, Committee on the Present Danger, China; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy (Acting)*
Bradley Johnson, President, Americans for Intelligence Reform, former Senior Operations Officer and Chief of Station, Central Intelligence Agency*
Charles “Sam” Faddis, Esq. former Clandestine Service Officer, Central Intelligence Agency; former Assistant Attorney General of Washington State; former Army Captain*
Dr. Peter Pry, PhD, Executive Director, EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security; former CIA Senior Analyst Nuclear Weapons and Strategy; former Professional Staff Member, House Armed Services Committee; and former Chief of Staff, Congressional EMP Commission*
Dr. Angelo Codevilla, PhD, former Professional Staff Member, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence*
Joseph Bosco, former China Desk Officer, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Captain James Fanell, U.S. Navy (Ret.), former Director of Intelligence and Information Operations, U.S. Pacific Fleet*
Colonel John Mills, U.S. Army (Ret.); former Director,
Colonel Robert Maness, CEO, Iron Liberty Group LLC and host of The Rob Maness Show; former Vice Commander of Air Force Airborne Intelligence Wing; Commander Kirtland Air Force Base*
Captain Mike Schauf, U.S. Navy (Ret.), former Naval Intelligence Officer Captain Stuart Cvrk, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Gunnery Sergeant Jessie Jane Duff, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.); Military Advisor, Committee on the Present Danger: China*
Dr. Bradley Thayer, PhD, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas, San Antonio; and former Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government*
Steven Mosher, President, Population Research Institute*
Professor Arthur Waldron, Lauder Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania*
Kevin Freeman, Founder, National Security Investment Consultants Institute; author; and host of Economic War Room*
Dr. Suzanne Scholte, PhD, President, Defense Forum Foundation; Seoul Peace Prize Laureate; Chair, North Korea Freedom Coalition*
Faith McDonnell, Director of Advocacy, Katartismos Global*
Dr. Roger Canfield, PhD, professor; author; researcher; former Naval officer
Chet Nagle, CEO, Ravenna Associates, LLC; former Naval aviator and Defense Department official*
Maura Moynihan, Author, Red Apple Media; former Radio Free Asia/Nepal bureau chief; columnist with The Asian Age*
* Member, Committee on the Present Danger: China
cc:
Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader
Hon. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader
Hon. Adam Schiff, Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Hon. Devin Nunes, Ranking Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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