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Sniper-trained CCP intel official purchases building overlooking White House: report

August 15, 2026 | | Print Article

A new report reveals that an intelligence official linked to the CCP was allowed to purchase a very concerning piece of property.

The Daily Caller reported on the July purchase of the historic Securities Building on 15th Street by the Philip Qiu and Family Foundation, which paid $8.4 million for the 100-year-old property.

“The building’s new owner, Philip Qiu, has held numerous positions within Chinese intelligence and state security arms, according to university records and DCNF translations of Chinese government announcements,” the outlet noted.

“The CCP is like a kind, but firm parent,” Qiu reportedly said in 2021. “It has guided our people out of hardship, led China’s sons and daughters to build a new country and is steering us toward great national rejuvenation.”

Several intelligence experts sounded the alarm on the concerning buy.

“This property allows access for big splashy intel ops as well as for more classic ops — like a listening post or Stingray-like systems to collect phone calls, text messages, and digital exhaust,” said former CIA operations officer Bryan Dean Wright. “That’s all great for collecting targeting information to later ‘bump’ or recruit targets out in the world, who otherwise work inside a key U.S. government building.”

“But what’s especially alarming are emerging ops that properties like this allow — like hidden drone swarms or shipping container missiles. This kind of property is where the next 9/11 will come from. It’s coming,” he warned.

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A DCNF-translated announcement from Shanghai Jiaotong University, where Qui entered the master’s program, indicates he has extensive military training.

“Classmate Qiu Feili, who has undergone special forces training, served as a commander in the Red-Blue Battle, and not only directed his troops to successfully capture enemy positions, but also killed one-third of the opposing forces with 42 shots, achieving the best individual sniper record,” an announcement from the school reportedly reads.

More from the report:

Among other roles, Qiu has served on the executive committee of the Shanghai branch of the UFWD’s All-China Federation Of Returned Overseas Chinese (ACFROC), according to a DCNF translation of a Chinese government announcement.

Qiu’s highest-ranking united front position is as chairman of ACFROC’s Shanghai Overseas Chinese Foundation (SOCF), which promotes overseas “cultural exchanges” and operates as the “only charity in the Shanghai UFWD system,” according to DCNF translations of Chinese government announcements. The former Shanghai detective joined SOCF as a director in May 2017 and has served as the foundation’s chairman since May 2021, according to DCNF translations of SOCF’s announcements.

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“[SOCF] will continue to execute General Secretary Xi Jinping’s directive to ‘comprehensively implement the party’s overseas Chinese affairs policy, unite the hearts of overseas Chinese and serve overall interests,’” Qiu said during a 2021 foundation meeting, according to a DCNF translation of a SOCF announcement.

“With overseas Chinese hearts turned toward the party and pursuing a common dream, [SOCF] will actively embody responsibility and commitment to the overseas Chinese community in public welfare, charity and people-to-people exchanges,” Qiu continued. “[We] will strive to build SOCF into a charity with social influence to contribute the strength of the overseas Chinese community toward realizing the shared Chinese Dream.”

 

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