NEWYou can now listen to LBL articles! The intelligence community on Wednesday warned that state and local leaders are at “risk” of being “manipulated” to support “hidden” agendas by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as China seeks to target officials outside of Washington to lobby for Beijing-friendly policies at the federal level. The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) on Wednesday warned that as tensions between Washington and Beijing grow, China is seeking to “exploit US subnational relationships to influence US policies and advance PRC geopolitical interests.” The NCSC warned that Chinese influence operations in the US are to expand…