It built a private network around it, and stocked it with some of America's most senior retired generals and admirals. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission specifically cited CAIFC's role in Sanya. Winters summarized the findings Tuesday on X:REVEALED: Top American generals formed a secret backchannel with a CCP military intelligence front that instructed them:“We wish you would advocate positions” favorable to China. Later participants identified by Winters included former CENTCOM commander Gen. John Abizaid, former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno, former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert and others. This report follows Winters' separate investigation into CUSEF-funded press trips for American journalists in exchange for favorable coverage of Beijing, which RedState covered last week.