He gave up the names of up to 20 CIA informants in China who are presumed dead after disappearing. I had heard this of this story prior but it is a wonder on why this is not bigger news.
Ex-CIA officer arrested, suspected of spying for China and betraying informants who were then killed
Natasha Bertrand
Jan. 16, 2018, 7:36 PM
The DOJ announced on Tuesday that a former CIA officer found with top-secret material including the names of CIA employees and informants had been arrested.
Current and former intelligence officials believe that Lee was passing the top-secret information to China to help its government identify CIA informants and employees operating in that country, at least 20 of whom were killed or thrown in jail.
Ex-CIA officer Jerry Chun Lee, who was found to be in possession of classified and top-secret materials long after he left the agency, was arrested on Tuesday after flying into John F. Kennedy Airport from Hong Kong, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday.
FBI agents found the materials — which included "true names and phone numbers of assets and covert CIA employees, operational notes from asset meetings, operational meeting locations and locations of covert facilities" — when conducting a search on his Hawaii hotel room in August 2012, according to a newly unsealed affidavit.
http://www.businessinsider.com/cia-officer-zhen-cheng-li-arrested-for-retaining-classified-info-2018-1
This isn't juicy like a sex scandal or whatever scandal may be spoken about. So post #1 shows the story being reported by Rhode Island Public Radio of all sources.
Glenn Beck was mentioning in the '90s, there was an American who gave secrets to Russia, guy's name was Hansen, I vaguely remember that. He said it was a big deal. Why aren't stories like the above getting more attention?
