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Ex-CIA officer, Chun Shing Lee, accused of spying for China and sharing classified information expected to enter GUILTY plea

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2727&semi;"><strong>Ex-CIA officer <&sol;strong><&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2727&semi;"><strong>Jerry Chun Shing Lee&comma; is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday in Virginia court&comma; according to court filings<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2727&semi;"><strong>Lee&comma; 53&comma; been charged with selling this information to Chinese intelligence&comma; last May he was indicted by federal grand jury on an additional count of espionage<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2727&semi;"><strong>Lee&comma; a naturalized U&period;S&period; citizen&comma; who was an agent for the CIA for 13 years from 1994 to 2007&comma; in 2018 had pled not guilty to spying for China <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2727&semi;"><strong>He was initially charged with illegally possessing two handwritten notebooks containing the names and phone numbers of covert CIA agents<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2727&semi;"><strong>Prosecutors say two Chinese intelligence officers offered to pay him for information in 2010 and delivered instructions to him through 2011 <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2727&semi;"><strong>Jerry Chun Lee is accused of selling the identities of American agents to the Chinese eight years ago<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2727&semi;"><strong>Betrayal of US spies by the former CIA agent linked to 2010 – 2012 scandal that saw China wipe out agency’s network in that country&comma; crippling America’s intelligence network <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;2e2727&semi;"><strong>The Hong Kong resident was arrested at JFK in January&comma; FBI has been investigating him for six years after finding names of agents in a bag<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img-group floatRHS">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"imageCaption"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-317986" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;05&sol;Jerry-Chun-Shing-Lee-1-300x200&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"734" height&equals;"489" &sol;>Ex-CIA agent Jerry Chun Shing Lee&comma; 53&comma; is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to spying for China in a change-of-plea hearing<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">A former CIA officer accused of spying for China is scheduled to plead guilty to conspiring to divulge U&period;S&period; secrets&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Jerry Chun Shing Lee&comma; 53&comma; is expected to plead guilty at a change-of-plea hearing on Wednesday in Alexandria&comma; Virginia&comma; according to court filings&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The naturalized U&period;S&period; citizen&comma; who lives in Hong Kong&comma; was an agent for the CIA for 13 years from 1994 to 2007&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He served as an overseas case officer where his primary duty was to &&num;8216&semi;recruit clandestine human intelligence sources&&num;8217&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Related Article&colon;<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;09&sol;former-cia-agent-jerry-chun-shing-lee-charged-with-selling-identities-of-us-spies-to-china-that-intel-scandal-crippled-us-agencys-network-8-years-ago&sol;"><img class&equals;"attachment-loop size-loop wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled alignleft" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Jerry-Chun-Lee-3&period;png&quest;resize&equals;174&percnt;2C131&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" sizes&equals;"&lpar;max-width&colon; 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Jerry Chun Shing Lee&comma; charged with selling identities of US spies to China – That intel scandal crippled US agency’s network 8 years ago" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;09&sol;former-cia-agent-jerry-chun-shing-lee-charged-with-selling-identities-of-us-spies-to-china-that-intel-scandal-crippled-us-agencys-network-8-years-ago&sol;">&lbrack;&&num;8230&semi;&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Lee pleaded not guilty last year to charges of conspiring to deliver defense information to a foreign government&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He&&num;8217&semi;s accused of illegally possessing classified information and leaking it to Chinese intelligence&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was arrested in New York in January 2018 for possessing that information in two handwritten notebooks including the names and phone numbers of covert CIA employees and informants&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;images&sol;banner&sol;banner250x250&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;images&sol;banner&sol;250&sol;250x250-2&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Then he was indicted by a federal grand jury on an additional count of espionage last May&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Prosecutors say two Chinese intelligence officers in Shenzhen&comma; China offered to pay Lee for information in 2010&period; They promised to take care of him for life financially if he cooperated and an immediate cash gift of &dollar;100&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-317985" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;05&sol;Jerry-Chun-Shing-Lee-right-2-300x176&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"648" height&equals;"380" &sol;>Hong Kong media have identified former CIA agent Jerry Lee as the man on the right in a blue tie in this photo&period; He has been accused of handing the identities of American agents to his Chinese handlers<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">After that meeting Lee&&num;8217&semi;s Chinese contacts delivered more than 20 envelopes between 2010 to 2011 spelling out specific tasks for him to perform&comma; most of which asked him to reveal sensitive information&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He allegedly continued to receive instructions from them until at least the following year&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The indictment states that Lee traveled to China in July 2012&period; The next month&comma; on a trip from Hong Kong to the U&period;S&period;&comma; the indictment says he was carrying top secret information in his luggage&comma; including the real names of CIA assets&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Court records show that Lee was under investigation for more than five years leading up to his arrest in January 2018&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Since then&comma; the case has proceeded largely in secrecy with closed hearings and sealed court motions pertaining to classified information&period; A trial that had been scheduled to begin Tuesday was wiped off the docket last week&comma; an indication that a plea deal might be in the works&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Lee was an agent for the CIA for 13 years from 1994 to 2007&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s accused of leaking information to the Chinese starting in 2010<br &sol;>&NewLine;His lawyer&comma; Edward MacMahon&comma; declined comment when asked to provide any details on the plea agreement&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The investigation into Lee was a part of a FBI-CIA task force investigation that concluded that the Chinese government penetrated the CIA&&num;8217&semi;s method of clandestine communication with its spies&comma; according to <a class&equals;"class" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcnews&period;com&sol;politics&sol;justice-department&sol;ex-cia-officer-jerry-lee-likely-plead-guilty-spying-china-n1000291" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer">NBC<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Chinese then used that knowledge to arrest and execute at least 20 CIA informants&comma; according to several U&period;S&period; government officials&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"overlay-icon mobile-gallery">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-317984" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;05&sol;Jerry-Chun-Shing-Lee-3-276x300&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"571" height&equals;"621" &sol;><strong>Jerry Lee &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; a CIA agent for the CIA for 13 years &lbrack;1994 to 2007&rsqb;&comma; is accused of leaking information to the Chinese starting in 2010<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mobile-gallery-icon">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"">American officials suspect China then <a class&equals;" vilynx&lowbar;listened" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcnews&period;com&sol;news&sol;china&sol;cia-china-turncoat-lee-may-have-compromised-u-s-spies-n839316" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">shared that information with Russia<&sol;a>&comma; which employed it to expose&comma; arrest and possibly even kill American spies in that country&comma; said the current and former officials&comma; who declined to be named discussing a highly sensitive matter&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After making those conclusions&comma; the CIA temporarily shut down human spying in China and overhauled the way it communicates with its assets around the world&comma; according to former government officials familiar with the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><span class&equals;"pb-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-317995" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;05&sol;Kevin-Mallory-1-238x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"523" height&equals;"659" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Mallory  a former Central Intelligence Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency officer&comma; was convicted of conspiring to sell secrets to a Chinese spy<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"">Earlier this year court filings showed that Lee had an accomplice in his alleged espionage against the U&period;S&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The second individual&comma; an unindicted co-conspirator&comma; was disclosed in an order by the judge in January&period; The FBI made images of the contents of seven different devices belonging to the co-conspirator on April 28&comma; 2013&comma; according to the order&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;affiliates&sol;images&sol;banners&sol;2018&sol;feb&sol;banner728x90&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;The imaging&comma; a form of copying of the device data&comma; occurred almost a year after agents found the notebooks in 2012 in a hotel room where Lee was staying&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The judge&&num;8217&semi;s order did not indicate if the co-conspirator is a Chinese national or an American or their alleged role in the spy scheme&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;fxexperts&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wallstreet-forex&period;com&sol;images&sol;banners&sol;wsfr&lowbar;2&lowbar;evolution&lowbar;768x90&lowbar;1&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Lee&&num;8217&semi;s plea comes as another ex-CIA officer is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of spying for China&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Kevin Mallory&comma; 61&comma; of Leesburg&comma; Virginia&comma; was <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;washingtonpost&period;com&sol;local&sol;public-safety&sol;ex-spy-kevin-mallory-to-be-sentenced-thursday-for-selling-secrets-to-china&sol;2019&sol;04&sol;03&sol;977f41fe-5621-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e&lowbar;story&period;html&quest;utm&lowbar;term&equals;&period;e673b7245a2a">convicted of providing top secret information to Chinese<&sol;a> handlers in exchange for &dollar;25&comma;000&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for Mallory&comma; while defense lawyers are requesting a term of no longer than 10 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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