The Chinese Ministry of State Security has installed cell phone sensors on a building near the White House to intercept signals.
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Bannon`s War RoomAug 17, 2026
No source reports that the Chinese Ministry of State Security installed cell phone sensors on a building near the White House. The 2018 DHS findings describe IMSI catchers near the White House with no identified operator, and the claim departs from the passage, which says the sensors "they can put up" (a capability), not that they have been installed.
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What was said
… looking into that, uh, CCP Ministry of State Security building that they built, that they just purchased within sniper distance of the White House, where they and by the way, it's not just about the physical threat, but also the geolocational threats, also the sensors that they can put up in there, the cell phone sensors that they can put up, like Stingrays, on the tower, and they can suck out any cell phone signal that's going in and out of the White House on a regular basis. If your cell phone is activated, now the CCP knows who's going in and out of the White House on a daily basis. They can follow them home. Why? Because they're also looking for other people with more tasking that they can be able to recruit. …
Bannon`s War Room · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The claim's wording departs from the passage: the post says the MSS building was built and purchased near the White House and that the sensors are something "they can put up," not that sensors have been installed on it.[4]
Context. A 2018 DHS letter reported IMSI catchers capable of intercepting phone communications near the White House, but the DHS did not identify who operated them, so it does not attribute any device to the Ministry of State Security.[5][6][7]
Context. The 2026 coverage in the sources does not mention cell phone sensors or interception devices on any building near the White House; the AP item concerns a planned underground screening facility beneath Sherman Park.[1]
Context. Fact-check and opinion sources in the set do not address this claim about MSS sensors on a building near the White House.[2][3][8]
Sources
8 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 4 not rated, 1 tier 3
- 1Federal panel approves final design for underground White ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 214 rumors we've investigated about US-China relationssnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3United States - Full Factfullfact.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4Posobiec: Swalwell Was Clearly Honey-Potted by CCP, What Tasks Was He Performing For China?realclearpolitics.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Feds reportedly find surveillance tech near White Housenypost.com · tier 3 · cited for: context
- 6IMSI Catchers Around White House Suggest Trump Is Spy Targetobserver.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7The US government discovered evidence of high-tech cell phone spying devices being used near the White Housebusinessinsider.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 8Trump's state visit is a gold mine for China's spieswashingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: context
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