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====Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences====
====Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences====
[[File:Thomas zimmerman.png|right250px|thumb|Thomas Zimmermann, a SASS fellow, as of 2021 was appointed Special Assistant to Joe Biden on National Security Agency personnel.]]
The Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) has been flagged by the [[FBI]] for its close ties to the CCP's top spy agency: the Ministry of State Security.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/brookings-institution-partnered-with-shanghai-policy-center-under-scrutiny-for-spying/</ref> The [[FBI]] labeled SASS as a “front group for Chinese intelligence collection and overseas spy recruitment” and has described the Chinese Communist Party as dependent upon SASS employees to serve “spotters and assessors” of potential Western spies.<ref>https://www.wired.com/story/china-spy-recruitment-us/</ref> Ministry of State Security officers – described by the FBI as keen on “influencing the foreign policy of other countries” – have also “used SASS affiliation as cover identities.”
The Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) has been flagged by the [[FBI]] for its close ties to the CCP's top spy agency: the Ministry of State Security.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/brookings-institution-partnered-with-shanghai-policy-center-under-scrutiny-for-spying/</ref> The [[FBI]] labeled SASS as a “front group for Chinese intelligence collection and overseas spy recruitment” and has described the Chinese Communist Party as dependent upon SASS employees to serve “spotters and assessors” of potential Western spies.<ref>https://www.wired.com/story/china-spy-recruitment-us/</ref> Ministry of State Security officers – described by the FBI as keen on “influencing the foreign policy of other countries” – have also “used SASS affiliation as cover identities.”