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New York man pleads guilty to running Chinese police station in Manhattan
(www.theguardian.com)
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I wish more people today knew about Phil Ochs.
I listen to 'I Ain't Marching Anymore' pretty frequently, but am not familiar with most of his catalogue. I'll check it out!
I hope you enjoy his songs as much as I do.
I've heard that most, if not all, of their stations outside of NY are essentially for training other police departments. Is that not true?
No, they're also there to report information back to HQ
NBC new york post on the subject
Pretty big difference between countries cooperating on security and one country just unilaterally and in secret operating police stations in a foreign country.
You think they’re in France and Australia training local police?