Posted on 06/22/2017 6:11:42 PM PDT by markomalley
A former State Department employee was arrested Thursday and charged with espionage for allegedly transmitting Top Secret and Secret documents to a Chinese government agent, according to an affidavit filed with the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, VA.
Kevin Mallory, 60, of Leesburg is a self-employed consultant who speaks fluent Chinese. Court filings show that Mallory was an Army veteran who worked as a special agent for U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service from 1987 to 1990. Since then, Mallory has worked for various government agencies and defense contractors, maintaining a Top Secret security clearance. The Washington Post reports that Mallory was also an employee of the CIA.
Mallory faces life in prison under the federal Espionage Act, and could qualify for the death penalty if certain conditions are met.
According to court filings, Mallory traveled to Shanghai in April and was stopped by Customs agents at O’Hare Airport in Chicago after failing to report $16,500 in cash in his carry-on bags. A month later, FBI agents interviewed Mallory – who told them that he met with two people from a Chinese think tank that he now suspects were Chinese intelligence agents.
The suspected operatives gave Mallory a “special communications device” to securely transmit documents, which he claimed was only used to transmit two unclassified “white papers” on U.S. policy matters.
However, when FBI forensics searched the device, they found several other documents which Mallory believed to have been deleted, according to the affidavit. One message from Mallory to the suspected Chinese agent read “your object is to gain information, and my object is to be paid.” The Chinese agent’s response was reportedly “my current object is to make sure your security and try to reimburse you.”
Upon further analysis of the device, investigators found four classified documents – three of which were designated as Top Secret. According to the affidavit, Mallory was asked why some of the information at the top and bottom of certain pages was redacted – to which the alleged U.S. spy responded that it was to conceal the “Top Secret” designation so that “Unless read in detail, it appeared like a simple note,” along with an assurance that the information was valuable.
Mallory appeared in court on Thursday wearing a gray tank top and black athletic shorts, and requested a court-appointed attorney. He was ordered held pending a Friday afternoon detention hearing.
Let's hope so! This is excellent news.
$119K..???
I find that odd...
MEDIAN wage -- that means that half the people make <$119k and half the people make >$119k. That is not the average (mean) household income. Likely a WHOLE lot higher.
Oh you should see the homes of these federal bureaucrat pukes live in around the MD/VA suburbs.
Make sure he wears a bulletproof vest, in court even.
Oh, for cryin’ out loud.
I wanna see Hillary getting the once over by the cops.
Are they having a party at that house? How many damn cops does it take to arrest one traior and search one house?
Haven’t Jerry Brown and California been colluding with the Chinese?
Possible Arkancide?
Well this should give us hope. The fact that the RATagandists are pointing out that there still is such a thing as "espionage" punishable by harsh penalties, is remarkable.
Other posters are discussing how he will likely be squeezed to rat out even bigger RATs.
Oooooh, nice Mansion. Up for bail in 3..2..1.
Yep. The entire Obama Admin. was one massive spy ring!
That guy is just the beginning; including the FBI & CIA.
How about sucking whatever we can out of them, then execute the dip wad.
Looks like espionage pays well based on his house.
If you read the story, he removed the security classifications from some of the documents.
You know, like Hillary said weren’t on the documents she had.
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
Hillary just poured herself a double.
Well, they typically get double or triple that in benefits, tens of thousands of them.
Sickening.
I have no doubt about that. I hope, like another poster said, that a bunch of ass hats won't be sleeping well anytime soon, just waiting for the knock on the door.
For people like this sellout, suits me.
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