The Sixth Bureau
The Sixth Bureau investigates China's Ministry of State Security, the country's elusive intelligence agency, and its global campaign to steal intellectual property from foreign companies. The series centers on Xu Yanjun, an MSS officer tasked with stealing aerospace secrets from major American corporations. Through aliases, blackmail, and break-ins, he targeted corporate giants before his sloppiness and an FBI sting led to his capture. It tells the story of how Xu Yanjun became the first Chinese intelligence officer convicted on American soil.
Episodes
Episode 6: Nothing Is Holy
“This is what happens with spies.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 5: One Way In, One Way Out
The plan gets more complicated. Will Xu Yanjun walk away?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 4: The Duck Analogy
A new asset, a once-in-a-career chance and a very delicate operation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 3: Suck, Squeeze, Burn, Blow
Stealing the world’s most closely guarded technology secrets is really hard. Especially when your boss keeps rejecting your expenses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 2: The Spy’s Diary
Intelligence officers probably shouldn't keep their secrets backed up to the cloud: Xu Yanjun did.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Episode 1: Your Friend From Nanjing
A spy, deep undercover, was sent to Chicago to deliver a warning. Or was he?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Sixth Bureau Trailer
It’s an open secret that the Chinese government has engaged in a global campaign to acquire intellectual property from foreign rivals. At the center of that campaign is the Ministry of State Security, China’s elusive intelligence agency. The US has apprehended hundreds of people accused of giving information to the MSS, but the agency’s inner workings have been a mystery –
6. Nothing Is Holy
"This is what happens with spies."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5. One Way In, One Way Out
The plan gets more complicated. Will Xu Yanjun walk away?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4. The Duck Analogy
A new asset, a once-in-a-career chance and a very delicate operation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3. Suck, Squeeze, Burn, Blow
Stealing the world's most closely guarded technology secrets is really hard. Especially when your boss keeps rejecting your expenses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2. The Spy’s Diary
Intelligence offices shouldn't keep their secrets backed up to the cloud: Xu Yanjun did. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
1. Your Friend From Nanjing
A spy, deep undercover, was sent to Chicago to deliver a warning. Or was he? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
