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Thomas Pauken II, who also used the name Tom McGregor in his work for Xinhua, CCTV and other CPC propaganda outlets, was arrested in February on a visit to DC for acting as an unregistered foreign agent. The affidavit is quite a read, and if the allegations are true he will be lucky if he is only charged for not registering as a foreign agent, since he is alleged to have been knowingly working with an agent of the Ministry of State Security.