The US wants to sell itself as a free and open society and set a contrast to their portrayal of the CCP's system. High profile investigations by intelligence se

The US wants to sell itself as a free and open society and set a contrast to their portrayal of the CCP's system. High profile investigations by intelligence services, FBI, secret police or whatever you prefer to call them do a disservice to this narrative. For those genuinely captured by the CCP's system, I'm not convinced they have a free choice in the matter. Family relations back home might be used as a bargaining chip in these cases. Do these people deserve prosecution or sympathy? Is there no other approach aside from punitive justice? Overall a difficult problem, but I wish the US would do more to live up to some of the high minded ideals alleged in the state's mythos, rather than pursue students and academics.