With Devolution actually pieced together with facts and sources, this was one of the early speculations that "Dong the Defector" was contacted by the right folks in the US government for protection as he fled China with a huge amount of Intel.

If he were to defect and seek out protection with the data he likely had access too, it would be reasonable to believe he is well insulated.

Also, China tried to say look at this picture, here he is and not much else. If he really is in protection and China were to continue to provide fake information claiming he's with them, it would quickly get debunked. This would cause more focus on his whereabouts and more questions causing the coverup impossible to maintain.

With Devolution actually pieced together with facts and sources, this was one of the early speculations that "Dong the Defector" was contacted by the right folks in the US government for protection as he fled China with a huge amount of Intel.

If he were to defect and seek out protection with the data he likely had access too, it would be reasonable to believe he is well insulated.

Also, China tried to say look at this picture, here he is and not much else. If he really is in protection, if China were to continue to provide fake information claiming he's with them, it would quickly get debunked causing more focus on this matter and more questions being askedalong the coverup impossible to maintain.