The K Street Pipeline Beneath CUSEF: How CCP Influence Met American Healthcare Lobbying at One Washington Firm

On August 4, 2026, investigative journalist Natalie Winters published a bombshell exposé revealing that twenty of America’s most senior retired generals — including two former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — participated in a secret backchannel with a Chinese military intelligence front called CAIFC, funded by the China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF).