"The honeypot is an oldie, but a goodie, in terms of espionage techniques." "Honeypots or honeytraps are the use by intelligence agencies of a sexually appealing person to ensnare someone in whom they have an interest, most often someone who has access to secrets," Mark Stout, International Spy Museum historian and former CIA analyst, told ABC News. Renqing, along with the other officials reportedly wooed by his mistress, may have fallen victim to one of the oldest tricks in the espionage book: the honeypot. "The woman had been introduced to these men as 'someone working with a Chinese military intelligence department.' However, investigators now believe she is a Taiwan intelligence operative," the cable says.
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official says investigators suspected the mistress was not just a " social butterfly," but a professional foreign spy. However, Hong Kong-based news outlets quickly picked up on rumors that Renqing had a mistress who was also romantically linked to several other prominent Chinese officials and it was that scandal that forced him out of the public eye.Īnd so the story stood until earlier this month when the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks published a confidential U.S. The official story, courtesy of the Chinese government, is that in August 2007, Finance Minister Jin Renqing resigned his post " for personal reasons." No other explanation was given. State Department cable is adding an element of international intrigue and old-school espionage to the downfall of a top Chinese official. J— - It was already a salacious story of sex and scandal in the top levels of the Chinese government, but now a recently released U.S.
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