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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @08:26PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @08:26PM (#624353)

    Yeah, you think you live in a civilized world and then you get ass clowns saying evil shit like that.

  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday January 18 2018, @08:31PM (2 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday January 18 2018, @08:31PM (#624360) Journal

    I don't think most people are actually civilized, when you get right down to it. I have a very, very dim view of the human race, and am all too aware that civilization is a rather impressive lie we tell ourselves that would collapse after three missed hot meals.

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    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 19 2018, @02:28AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 19 2018, @02:28AM (#624524)

      That is to be expected. Your most intimate knowledge of a sample of the human race is of a miserable excuse of a human being.

      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday January 19 2018, @03:30AM

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday January 19 2018, @03:30AM (#624546) Journal

        Come on now, my ex sucked, but she wasn't Literally Hitler (TM) or anything.

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