Trace Trace Gallagher in los angeles. Sandra and john have the day off. We all remember the chinese spycraft that flew over the u. S. For a week, and chinese citizens suspected of being spies who posed as tourists to infiltrate Military Bases in alaska and the heart of the city, doj busted communist part for running secret police stations to spy on Chinese Nationals on u. S. Soil. Lawmakers warn the ag scheme is one of the worst troubling yet. Put china in control of the global food supply. A aishah former cia Station Chief dan hoffman, but first bryan is in iowa and that is where lawmakers met to talk about the theft by the ccp. So, bryan, what did farmers say about this threat . Yeah, hi, aishah. Farmers are particularly concerned about the secret patented genetically engineered seeds that are the target of chinas theft. In 2016, there was a Chinese National here in iowa who dug up genetically modified corn seeds and was convicted in 2016, and sent to three years in prison. U. S. Agr
goes to china. so that s how big of a purchaser they are of our soybeans. and if we lose china, there s no way to make it up. china is the market and all the other countries of the world, we can have them all and we still will not match what china purchases. yesterday we were at the congressional collect committee on ccp field hearing here in iowa, a roundtable where they also discussed the national security risk china could pose if they use this technology, reverse engineering the seeds to attack our own crops. what keeps me up at night is if they are stealing our seeds and reverse engineering to know what makes them hearty, what makes them drought resistant, and pest resistant, what s not to say they couldn t turn it around on us. it s a national security issue. our food supply is sacred.