http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-plea8jun08,1,2527089.storyA former FBI agent who once faced up to 15 years in federal prison for allegedly tipping off a family friend that he was suspected of spying for the Chinese pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor offense Wednesday.
In a deal with the government, Denise K. Woo, 47, will be sentenced to a year of probation and a $1,000 fine. She had faced five felony counts, including revealing the identity of an FBI informant, telling a friend that he had been wiretapped and lying to the FBI about the leaks. The terms of her deal must be approved by U.S. District Judge Gary Klausner.....The FBI's Chinese counterintelligence squad during these years was in disarray. Its lead agent, James J. Smith, retired in 2000.
Three years later, Smith was indicted after his longtime lover, an FBI informant named Katrina Leung, was accused of being a double agent for China. Smith was charged with covering up his lover's misdeeds, but later pleaded guilty to the lesser offense of lying about having an extramarital affair. He was put on probation.
Leung, who maintained her innocence, was charged with illegally possessing classified materials to use against the U.S. government. But a judge dismissed the case because of government misconduct....
And now, for the all-important ANALYSIS. What DOES this mean?
http://www.pensitoreview.com/2006/06/08/fbi-agent-in-gop-chinese-spy-case-enters-guilty-plea/#more-2400If you have never heard of Katrina Leung, you may be scratching your head about now, wondering how this Chinese spy case flew under your radar.
The reason you haven’t seen the likes of Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity and Chris Matthews spewing spittle all over their anchor desks over this breach of security by the Red commies is simple: Leung was a Republican...
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