Pentagon official charged with plotting to spy for China

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Wed May-13-09 11:43 AM
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Pentagon official charged with plotting to spy for China

Source: CNN.com

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Pentagon official has been charged with conspiracy to communicate classified information to a person he believed represented China's government, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday.

James Wilbur Fondren Jr., 62, worked as the deputy director for the Washington liaison office for U.S. Pacific Command, according to the complaint unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia

Fondren is accused of involvement in an espionage conspiracy from November 2004 until February 2008. He has been on administrative leave with pay since mid-February of last year.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/13/us.spy.charges/index.html

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Wed May-13-09 12:29 PM
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2. And what about the hundreds who are spying for

Israel? We know they're there. They've admitted they're there. So why are they still there?

Post Raygun-Bush-Bush, our intelligence services have become sieves. That's what happens when you chase the professionals out and pack in the right-wing political idealogues. Ya get whatcha pay for.

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