The report continued: Three former officials told Reuters that the CIA created a small team of operatives who used bogus internet identities to spread negative narratives about Xi Jinping's government while leaking disparaging intelligence to overseas news outlets.
The social media propaganda was meant to foment paranoia among top leaders in China, according to two former officials. We wanted them chasing ghosts, one official told Reuters.
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