Ex-US official admits taking secrets during "relationship" with Taiwan spy

[Judi Lynn]

Ex-US official admits taking secrets during "relationship" with Taiwan spy
December 13, 2005, 08:09 gmt

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - A former US State Department official pleaded guilty to removing top secret government documents while conducting a "personal relationship" with a Taiwanese spy, the Justice Department said.

A former US State Department official pleaded guilty to removing top secret government documents while conducting a "personal relationship" with a Taiwanese spy, the Justice Department said.

Donald Keyser, a former principal deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, also pleaded guilty to making false statements over his "undisclosed personal relationship" with a Taiwanese intelligence agent named as Isabelle Cheng, the department said.

The career US diplomat, 62, will be sentenced on February 24 over the single count of removing thousands of documents over a 12-year period, and two of making false statements to investigators.
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