US Intelligence Workforce Is ‘Vastly Outnumbered’ by China’s: FBI Director

The FBI has thousands of open Chinese intelligence investigations.

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing about oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 12, 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The United States is facing a spy threat from communist China that is greater in scope than the Soviets during the Cold War, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray.

Furthermore, compared to China, the United States employs a smaller group of intelligence agents, Mr. Wray told The New York Times in an interview published on Sept. 17.