FAST FIVE: Former Intel Chief Pushing To Move 2022 Beijing Olympics "On National Security Grounds" This week John Ratcliffe is garnering new attention for urging the IOC to move the 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing. Former DNI Ratcliffe told Axios that the Chinese Communist Party's “mass cover-up of COVID's origins and its initial outbreak, in addition to its crimes against humanity in Xinjiang” mean the games should be moved “on national security grounds”. Associated Press The Winter Olympics are scheduled to open in Beijing in a mere six months, opening on February 4 and running through February 20, based in Beijing and towns in neighboring Hebei province. John Ratcliffe, via The Hill He went on to slam the Biden administration for failing to hold Beijing accountable, noting that going through with allowing China to host the upcoming winter games will only do the opposite – that is boost their global reputation. “The seven Olympic values are friendship, excellence, respect, courage, determination, inspiration and equality. The CCP's coverup of the virus's origins have proven once again that they are no friend of the world,” Ratcliffe wrote.
