Webinar | The Case Against Neil Shen and Sequoia Capital

Committee “Indicts” Enablers of the CCP’s Great Technology Heist

In the course of over 100 webinars, the Committee on the Present Danger: China (CPDC) has documented exhaustively how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has waged what it calls “Unrestricted Warfare” against the United States and how that warfare has been enabled by a large number of Americans in positions of power and influence in both the public and private sectors. The key insights and recommendations provided by the scores of participants in those programs have informed a new book by the Committee’s Vice Chairman and Executive Secretary, Frank Gaffney and Dede Laugesen, respectively, that is entitled, The Indictment: Prosecuting the Chinese Communist Party & Friends for Crimes against America, China and the World.

The Indictment makes the macro case that eight “war crimes” have been perpetrated against the United States to the enormous detriment of its people, economy and constitutional Republic. The book argues that those responsible must be “prosecuted” for such crimes at a minimum in the “court of public opinion.”

Of these crimes, the recruitment and suborning of American political officials, the financial sector and other business leaders that the Chinese Communists call “elite capture,” have arguably been the most devastating. Their transfer of, by some estimates $3 trillion to $6 trillion, and sensitive technology of incalculable value has not only enormously weakened America, it has transformed the People’s Republic of China (PRC) into the greatest existential threat to freedom in human history.

This CPDC webinar undertakes a case study of how a singularly well-placed venture capitalist named Neil Shan and his firm, Sequoia Capital, have served the Chinese Communist Party in achieving these ominous outcomes and exemplified how elite capture has worked to undermine our country and strengthen its mortal enemy.

Moderator

- Frank Gaffney, Founder and Executive Chairman, Center for Security Policy; Vice Chairman, Committee on the Present Danger: China.

Panelists

- Brian Costello, a seasoned executive and entrepreneur with thirty years in the technology industry as both an operator and investor. He is currently launching a new AI company
• Topic: “Neil Shen’s Record in Weaponizing Sequoia Capital to the Benefit of the CCP”

- Col. Derek Harvey, U.S. Army (Ret.), Former Special Assistant to the President and a Senior Regional Director on the National Security Council; former Senior Advisor, Chief of Analysis and Director for Investigations for House Permanent Select Committee for Intelligence
• Topic: “The CCP’s Great Technology Heist – a Strategic Damage Assessment”

- Charles “Sam” Faddis, U.S. Army veteran and Judge Advocate General officer; former career Clandestine Service Officer, Central Intelligence Officer; former Assistant Attorney General of Washington State; author, “Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA;” essayist, AndMagazine.com at Substack
• Topic: “Shen-Sequoia & Friends’ Betrayal of America – Prosecuting the Case”