A former CIA officer sold top secret and other classified documents to Chinese intelligence officials, according to charges filed Thursday in Alexandria federal court. Prosecutors say Mallory sent three documents containing classified information, one of which was labeled top secret, to a Chinese intelligence operative in May. In March, Mallory allegedly reached out to several former CIA coworkers and asked for help getting in touch with a specific department. Expecting to meet with the same CIA employee in May, Mallory was instead greeted by FBI agents. Mallory allegedly told the Chinese agents he had destroyed his paper records and planned to destroy all electronic records once they were sent.

Source: Washington Post June 22, 2017 19:04 UTC