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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: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Friday January 19 2018, @05:39AM (1 child)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Friday January 19 2018, @05:39AM (#624587) Journal

    Oh, I know who it is. Little curmudgeon of very little brain! Right-wing scum ammosexual prevert! He has done this before. I myself was personally spam modded by him. I assume he paid the usual price, but of course our closet not really admin but dev and so default alt-right admin would never reveal such a thing. But I do notice a shift. The Trumpeeple, the alt-right, the really-really-wrong, they are all coming to a realization that the gig is up. Patience, Azuma-san. 復讐は一番寒い料理です。

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday January 19 2018, @09:06PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday January 19 2018, @09:06PM (#624900) Journal

    I don't think this is Uzzard. It's way too coherent and calm. I don't detect even a single particle of foaming saliva. No, this is probably some rando who doesn't even have a registered account on here, probably jumping from Tor node to Tor node just for the lulz. There's one way to find out (well, two, but I'd rather not commit cyber-crime...).

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