{"id":317574,"date":"2026-02-13T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-cia-keeps-trying-to-recruit-chinese-spies-will-it-work\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:00:07","slug":"the-cia-keeps-trying-to-recruit-chinese-spies-will-it-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-cia-keeps-trying-to-recruit-chinese-spies-will-it-work\/","title":{"rendered":"The CIA keeps trying to recruit Chinese spies. Will it work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/P70DS6klkA0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The CIA keeps trying to recruit Chinese spies. 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