Also, name 7 counties where foreign counties say “hey, look, we only speak our own language in your county. Therefore, to ensure we have none of our people enjoying life to much, we need to set up an entire parallel law enforcement system for our people to certainly not micromanage them, but also not let you do it in your own county.”
The CIA has stations in all those countries.
I bet the sky is blue in all those counties, too.
What’s your point?
Also, name 7 counties where foreign counties say “hey, look, we only speak our own language in your county. Therefore, to ensure we have none of our people enjoying life to much, we need to set up an entire parallel law enforcement system for our people to certainly not micromanage them, but also not let you do it in your own county.”
They’re called “embassies”
And every country uses their embassy as a spy station. It’s not exclusive to the US and the CIA.
China wasn’t running an embassy here.
Mutually assured espionage