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Natalie Winters@nataliegwinters · Sep 17, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Judge Boasberg was a 9-time host for a CCP-founded program run by a Chinese spy front flagged for its…

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An investigation reveals that Judge Boasberg hosted nine events for the US-Asia Institute, a program founded with CCP involvement and connected to organizations flagged as Chinese intelligence fronts, including six appearances during his tenure on the FISA court with access to top secret intelligence.

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    EXCLUSIVE: Judge Boasberg was a 9-time host for a CCP-founded program run by a Chinese spy front flagged for its efforts to compromise Americans. SIX were during his FISA term—with access to top secret intelligence. 🧵

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    A CCP official helped launch the US-Asia Institute exchange. Matthew Szymanski started it in 2008 with Sun Chao, then a Communist Party secretary in Shanghai. The China-US Exchange Foundation funded it.

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    Tsinghua’s 2023 recruitment flyer names CUSEF as an underwriter. It promises Chinese applicants “exclusive conversations with influential actors” and proceedings “few are ever able to witness firsthand.” Boasberg was a host that year.

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    CUSEF founder Tung Chee-hwa was a senior figure in the CCP’s United Front system. The House China committee chairman calls it an instrument of “political warfare.” His warning: groups like CUSEF help Beijing “identify foreigners who the party could exploit.”

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    A U.S. government report documents CUSEF’s work with CAIFC—a group tied to China’s Ministry of State Security and used to deploy “undercover intelligence gatherers.” Read my full investigation: nataliegwinters.substack.com/p/judge-boasbe…