Chris Butler, using the pen name Bo Zhongyan (
柏忠言
), coauthored anti-Western books in China with his wife Wai Lana (Zhang Huilan,
张蕙兰
). They described Westerners as
"no more than dogs"
and dedicated their 1986 book to
"the great and magnificent Chinese nation"
—
这个伟大，壮丽国家的全体中国人民.
Source
Note: Thousands of decrypted documents and emails from Butler's secret political operation have been independently examined by the Washington Post. The content on this website is attributed solely to the site's author.
A directive from Butler on tape, followed within 24 to 48 hours by the exact matching public action from Tulsi Gabbard: a bill introduced, a vote cast, a press release issued.
The most precise evidence in the 900+ Butler transcripts is in the timestamps. What follows are six cases where Butler's recorded directive and Gabbard's subsequent public action can be placed side by side, with the language compared directly.
September 16–17, 2014: The Syria Vote
Day 1: Butler's Directive (September 16, 2014)
"This proposed strategy reflects an utter lack of commitment to actually destroy ISIS... I'll be voting no."
POL TRS 2014 09 16 1
The transcript shows Butler drafting Gabbard's voting statement the day before the House vote on a provision in the FY2015 National Defense Authorization Act authorizing $500 million to train and equip Syrian rebels. 2
He goes further, explaining at length why the Free Syrian Army is untrustworthy:
"The option of arming the Free Syrian Army is a bad joke... They'll be using whatever training and equipment we give them against Assad, not ISIS... There's no way they're going to have the skills or ability to be a serious fighting force."
POL TRS 2014 09 16 1
Day 2: Tulsi's Floor Speech (September 17, 2014)
On the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI-02) said: "This proposed strategy actually reflects a lack of commitment to really destroy ISIL." 3
She voted against the provision.
| Butler (Sep 16) |
Tulsi (Sep 17) |
| "utter lack of commitment to actually destroy ISIS" |
"lack of commitment to really destroy ISIL" |
| "I'll be voting no" |
Voted No |
The only differences: "utter" dropped, "actually" became "really," "ISIS" became "ISIL." The substance, the framing, and the verb "destroy" are identical.
September 18, 2014: The Royce Bill
Day 1: Butler's Directive (September 17, 2014)
"There's a guy, I think he's from the Foreign Relations Committee, I think his name is Royce. He's going to be introducing a bill tomorrow that you should co-sponsor."
POL TRS 2014 09 18 4
Butler names the specific congressman (Rep. Ed Royce, R-CA-39, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee) and instructs Gabbard to co-sponsor a bill he knows is being introduced the following day.
Day 2: Tulsi Introduces H.R. 5594 (September 18, 2014)
On September 18, 2014, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA-04) introduced H.R. 5594, a bill to suspend the Visa Waiver Program for any country that has identified passport holders fighting with Islamist extremist organizations. 5
Gabbard's statement: "As things presently stand, Islamic extremists holding British, German, French or other European passports can simply get on a plane and fly to America without a visa. The safety and security of Americans should be of the highest priority." 6
Butler knew about this bill before it was public. He named the congressman, named the committee, said "tomorrow." The bill appeared the next day with Gabbard's name on it.
July 22–23, 2016: The WikiLeaks Response
On July 22, 2016, WikiLeaks published 19,252 emails and 8,034 attachments from the Democratic National Committee, revealing that DNC officials had favored Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders in the primary. 7
One email showed the DNC's finance chairman suggesting they use Sanders' presumed atheism against him in religious states. 8
Butler's Directive (Morning of July 23, 2016)
"TG needs to put out a press release and a Facebook thing on it, calling for all the individuals involved in that to apologize and resign... those involved must immediately resign... If DWS was aware of these communications... then she would need to resign as well."
POL TRS 2016 07 23 9
Butler specifically names DWS, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, then-Chair of the DNC, and directs Gabbard to call for resignations.
Gabbard publicly called for Wasserman Schultz to step aside at the Democratic National Convention. 10
Wasserman Schultz announced her resignation on July 24, 2016. 11
WikiLeaks dropped the emails on July 22, Butler recorded his directive the morning of July 23, and Tulsi's public statement followed within hours.
October 2014: The Ebola Quarantine
POL TRS 2014 10 17 contains an extensive, multi-page directive on Ebola policy. 12
Butler instructs Gabbard to call for a travel ban on flights from West African countries, demand suspension of visas from Ebola-stricken nations, and call for a 42-day quarantine period rather than the CDC's standard 21 days. The 42-day number came from a WHO report suggesting the incubation period could extend beyond 21 days.
On October 17, 2014, Gabbard called on the CDC to increase the quarantine period from 21 days to 42 days, "based on the latest scientific studies and the World Health Organization report that the incubation period for the deadly Ebola virus can extend as long as 42 days." 13
The same day, she called for the "immediate suspension" of visas for citizens of Ebola-stricken West African nations as well as flights from those countries. 14
All three specific elements, the travel ban, visa suspension, and the distinctive 42-day quarantine period, appeared in Gabbard's public statement.
Butler's Response to the CNN Interview
"If you had done your homework and read these articles carefully... you said yes... You should've said that really each individual should be treated differently... But you don't do your homework, you don't read this stuff."
POL TRS 2014 10 19 15
November 2015: The Visa Waiver Revival
The Visa Waiver Program suspension was a sustained Butler directive across multiple transcripts from 2014 through 2015. He framed it consistently as "a gaping hole in our national security." 16
After the November 13, 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, Gabbard went on CNN and said: "We need to temporarily suspend this visa waiver program" because "it could just be a matter of hours, before someone travels through these different borders, someone who's become a foreign fighter, who's been fighting in Syria, and ends up here on the United States soil." 17
She then traveled to Paris with Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) to meet with French government leaders on security issues related to the visa waiver program. 18
H.R. 4108: "Two Wars in Syria"
Butler's Directive (October 28, 2015)
"Illegal CIA war to overthrow Syrian government of Assad will only strengthen our enemy. I'm working on a resolution to defund this CIA program because all it's doing is helping ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and other Islamic extremists achieve their goal."
POL TRS 2015 10 28 19
The same transcript contains the exact "two wars in Syria" framing as talking points for a Fox News/Cavuto appearance: "The U.S. is waging two wars in Syria. The first is the war against ISIS... The second war is the illegal war to overthrow the Syrian government of Assad." 19
Tulsi's Public Action (November 19, 2015)
Three weeks later, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA-08), both members of the House Armed Services Committee, introduced H.R. 4108, a bipartisan bill to end U.S. efforts to overthrow the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad. 20
Gabbard's statement: "The U.S. is waging two wars in Syria. The first is the war against ISIS and other Islamic extremists, which Congress authorized after the terrorist attack on 9/11. The second war is the illegal war to overthrow the Syrian government of Assad." 21
| Butler (Oct 28, 2015) |
Tulsi (Nov 19, 2015) |
| "Illegal CIA war to overthrow Syrian government of Assad" |
"the illegal war to overthrow the Syrian government of Assad" |
| "Two wars in Syria" |
"The U.S. is waging two wars in Syria" |
| "I'm working on a resolution to defund this CIA program" |
Introduced H.R. 4108 to defund Syria regime-change operations |
The SAFE Act Vote (November 19, 2015)
POL TRS 2015 09 28 and related files contain a sustained directive to support stricter vetting for refugees from Syria and Iraq, and to link the refugee crisis to terrorism threats. 22
On November 19, 2015, Gabbard voted with 46 other Democrats and 242 Republicans to pass H.R. 4038, the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act of 2015, requiring supplemental FBI certifications and unanimous agreement of the FBI, DHS, and Director of National Intelligence before any Iraqi or Syrian refugee could be admitted. The vote was 289–137. 23
Gabbard issued an open letter defending her vote: "This was a vote to make sure the program to vet these refugees is sufficient to protect Americans... voting for this bill was not a vote against refugees." 24
The vote drew criticism from Asian American advocacy groups. 25
The Full Timeline
| Butler's Directive |
Tulsi's Action |
Gap |
| Drafts Syria vote statement (Sep 16, 2014) |
Floor speech + No vote (near-verbatim), Sep 17, 2014 |
1 day |
| "Royce... bill tomorrow... co-sponsor" (Sep 17, 2014) |
Introduces H.R. 5594, Sep 18, 2014 |
1 day |
| "42-day quarantine" directive (Mid-Oct 2014) |
Press statement: 42-day quarantine, Oct 17, 2014 |
Days |
| "Two wars / illegal war" + "resolution" (Oct 28, 2015) |
Introduces H.R. 4108, identical framing, Nov 19, 2015 |
3 weeks |
| Refugee vetting directive (Sep 2015) |
Votes for SAFE Act (H.R. 4038), Nov 19, 2015 |
~7 weeks |
| "Put out a press release... resign" (Jul 23, 2016) |
Calls for DWS resignation, Jul 23, 2016 |
Hours |
Six directives. Six corresponding public actions. Gaps ranging from hours to weeks.
