Waldorf Astoria bugged by new Chinese owners?

In a scene reminiscent of the new American Embassy infested with bugs

Not the insect kind but the spying kind that caused us to pull the plug

Leaving it abandoned an expensive useless bug infested shell

Where our diplomats could not work or dwell

In New York City our Ambassador to the UN is going to have to take a hike

Over concerns that the Waldorf Astoria may now be infested with unseen listening mikes

That venerable hotel has housed the UN Ambassador for over 50 years

Expensive digs but with Chinese hacking new security fears

With all those trade surplus dollars a Chinese company has bought the hotel

Given the proclivity of the Chinese to hack a risk of spying one cannot dispel

Fair warning to U.S. businesses sending executives to do business in New York City

Stay in a hotel owned by the Chinese and you may be spied on without remorse or pity

In the same way the U.S. publishes a terrorist organization list

Good idea to publish Chinese owned hotels so the temptations to stay there a company can resist

Hard to be productive knowing the rooms, restaurants, lobbies and elevators are probably bugged and not secure

By a government that does not play by the rules with motives not pure

While making the hotel list we should not stop there

Add the office buildings unless one’s IP with the Chinese, one wants to share

© June 17, 2015 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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