An office block roughly 650 feet from the edge of the White House grounds sold for $8.4 million (£6.2 million) on 21 July to a foundation with senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ties. A former Central Intelligence Agency operations officer has warned that buildings in such positions are where the next mass-casualty attack will originate, according to an investigation published on 13 August.
The transaction itself is a matter of public record. District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds filings show the Securities Building on 15th Street passing to the Philip Qiu and Family Foundation.
