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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday January 18 2018, @02:08AM   Printer-friendly
from the leaks-like-a-sieve dept.

Ex-CIA officer arrested for retaining classified information

A former Central Intelligence Agency officer was arrested at a U.S. airport on Monday night in connection with charges that he illegally retained highly classified information, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday.

Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a U.S. citizen who now lives in Hong Kong, used to maintain a top secret clearance and began working for the CIA in 1994.

The Justice Department said that in 2012, FBI agents searched his hotel rooms during trips to Virginia and Hawaii. They discovered he had two small books containing handwritten information on details such as the true names and numbers of spy recruits and covert CIA employees.

Ex-C.I.A. Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informants Is Arrested

A former C.I.A. officer suspected by investigators of helping China dismantle United States spying operations and identify informants has been arrested, the Justice Department said on Tuesday. The collapse of the spy network was one of the American government's worst intelligence failures in recent years.

You may remember this story: CIA Informants Imprisoned and Killed in China From 2010 to 2012

Also at BBC, SCMP, and Washington Post (archive).


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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @08:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @08:22AM (#624063)

    This is the one crime for which our constitution lays out the punishment. He is to die.

    Yeah, but he is not under Chinese juridiction, so the American constitution applies, and it says no such thing.

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