WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Tuesday indicted an ex-CIA case officer suspected of passing information to Chinese intelligence agents. Prosecutors say Lee, who speaks fluent Chinese, illegally retained classified documents that included names and numbers of covert CIA employees and locations of covert facilities. Lee is not a Chinese spy,” MacMahon said after his client’s initial court appearance in February. He is a loyal American who loves his countryThe Chinese intelligence officers allegedly provided Lee with email addresses so they could communicate covertly. Agents found two small books with handwritten notes containing names and numbers of covert CIA employees and locations of covert facilities, according to the affidavit.

Source: National Post May 09, 2018 01:24 UTC