FBI arrests ex-defense intelligence officer accused of spying on US for China....

.washingtonexaminer ^ | 6/4/2018 | Kelly Cohen

[caww]

The FBI has arrested a former defense intelligence officer who is accused of "attempted transmission of national defense information to the People’s Republic of China” — or, espionage.

According to the Justice Department, Ron Rockwell Hansen, 38, of Utah, was arrested Saturday afternoon as he was on his way to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to board a flight to China.

Hansen, who worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency, is accused of attempting to transmit national defense information to China’s intelligence service, known as PRCIS, and receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars while acting as an agent of the country.

Court documents show that Hansen retired from the U.S. Army as a warrant officer and was hired by DIA as a civilian intelligence case officer in 2006, where he held a top security clearance.

“Between 2013 and 2017, Hansen regularly traveled between the United States and China, attending military and intelligence conferences in the U.S. and provided the information he learned at the conferences to contacts in China associated with the PRCIS,” court documents show. “Hansen received payments for this information by a variety of methods, including cash, wires and credit card transactions. He also improperly sold export-controlled technology to persons in China. From May of 2013 to the date of the complaint, Hansen received not less than $800,000 in funds originating from China.”

[Tai_Chung]

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[Reily]

Tell me did the Rosenbergs go the chair over a treason conviction or violation of the Espionage Act?

The fact is the Founding Fathers made treason very specific and very difficult to charge. They had the experience & history of dealing with kings to teach them why that should be the case.

My feelings are irrelevant! You asked a question I answered it. You don’t have to agree!

Why are you trying to accuse me of being unpatriotic and not caring about the lives of American servicemen?

It’s extremely insulting!

[cardinal4]

They do business with Mainland China AND Taiwan? I have been suspicious of this story since it broke. Now Im thinking this guy has disinformation written all over him. Im betting he is a dangle..

[caww]

Noted.

[caww]

I have issues with guys that shave their heads ...outside of police or military.

[caww]

Going to get interesting.....

[caww]

Yes but who is going to do it! ....makes you wonder who really is worse the ones guilty of treason or those who refuse to charge them!

[caww]

That would be merciful....

[A strike]

Sorry; I did not mean and did not accuse you of being unpatriotic and not caring about the live of American servicemen.

I was merely pointing out to you that your legal technicality would be a distinction without a difference had there been a nuclear exchange with the USSR

[DoughtyOne]

I agree, as well it should.

The free pass to people like Clinton who sell us out constantly should be over.

The only problem with McCain going now, is I’d like that sum-b-otch to get some face-time for his actions in Libya and Syria related to terrorist fellow travelers.

The Muslim Brotherhood and al Qaeda WERE NOT on our side.

[caww]

Public Hangings of Government officials guilty of treason was historically

the most common method of execution in the U.S.....

That started to change at the beginning of the 20th century, when electrocution became more frequent, which eventually gave way to lethal injection in the 1980s. Other methods of execution in America dating back to colonial days include burning, bludgeoning and pressing, which often involved tying a person down and placing heavy stones on him until he could no longer breathe.

Utah is the only state that has executed a man by firearm in the past four decades. The last inmate to be executed in such a manner was Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010.

[caww]

I do wonder if she’ll continue to get a free pass....they’re not done with the Clinton Foundation investigation so we shall see.

McCain got through to his soon end unfortunately as I would have liked to see hiM get his as well. He should have gotten his long ago!

[DoughtyOne]

I agree. The Keating affair should have done him in.

[Kalamata]

Oh, the good ole days!

[caww]

We should be so ‘civilized’ today. There would surely be less crime.

[Kalamata]

Absolutely!

[Clutch Martin]

Perhaps slow roast live cremation.

On second thought, maybe I should pick up a brisket soon.

[Gator113]

From the article only, this looks like a great case, BUT, there is absolutely NOTHING I would trust coming from the corrupt FBI or from anything Sessions has touched.

Shut down ALL of the FBI and start over. The federal justice system has killed itself, as well as the media.

[caww]

......"The federal justice system has killed itself, as well as the media".....

I think there's also another hand in this....

[Reily]

Apology accepted but remember the Rosenbergs went to the chair for violation of the Espionage Act of 1917.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg

“.... On March 29, 1951, the Rosenbergs were convicted of espionage. They were sentenced to death on April 5 by Judge Kaufman under Section 2 of the Espionage Act of 1917, 50 U.S. Code 32 (now 18 U.S. Code 794), which prohibits transmitting or attempting to transmit to a foreign government information “relating to the national defense.”[29] …”

Something they richly deserved! Main gripe for me about application of consequences for those convicted under the Espionage Act is it's so unevenly applied! (Though I do understand why in some cases!)

Now regarding convictions for treason against the US

1. Philip Vigol and John Mitchell, convicted of treason and sentenced to hanging; pardoned by George Washington; see Whiskey Rebellion.

2. John Fries, the leader of Fries’ Rebellion, convicted of treason in 1800 along with two accomplices, and pardoned that same year by John Adams.

3. Governor Thomas Dorr 1844, convicted of treason against the state of Rhode Island; see Dorr Rebellion; released in 1845; civil rights restored in 1851; verdict annulled in 1854.

4. John Brown, convicted of treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1859 and executed for attempting to organize armed resistance to slavery.

5. Aaron Dwight Stevens, took part in John Brown's raid and was executed in 1860 for treason against Virginia.

6. William Bruce Mumford, convicted of treason and hanged in 1862 for tearing down a United States flag during the American Civil War.

7. Walter Allen was convicted of treason on September 16, 1922 for taking part in the 1921 Miner's March with the coal companies and the US Army on Blair Mountain, West Virginia. He was sentenced to 10 years and fined. During his appeal to the Supreme Court he disappeared while out on bail. United Mineworkers of America leader William Blizzard was acquitted of the charge of treason by the jury on May 25, 1922.

8. Martin James Monti, United States Army Air Forces pilot, convicted of treason for defecting to the Waffen SS in 1944. He was paroled in 1960.

9. Robert Henry Best, convicted of treason on April 16, 1948 and served a life sentence.

10. Iva Toguri D’Aquino, who is frequently identified by the name “Tokyo Rose”, convicted 1949. Subsequently, pardoned by President Gerald Ford.

11. Mildred Gillars, also known as “Axis Sally”, convicted of treason on March 8, 1949; served 12 years of a 10- to 30-year prison sentence. ( I actually thought Axis Sally was a Brit!)

12. Tomoya Kawakita, sentenced to death for treason in 1952, but eventually released by President John F. Kennedy to be deported to Japan.

As you can see the USA has always been uneasy about convictions for treason. The Founding Fathers made such a charge very hard to make a case for. George Washington & John Adams were obviously very tolerant. (Again the Founding Fathers had their English & European history to teach them that treason is way too easy a charge to make to someone or some idea you don't like!)

Also treason against a particular state (3, 4 & 5) now is a dead issue. (Maybe it shouldn't be if the states retain any sovereignty!)

Looking at 3, 6 & 7 they clearly were miscarriages of justice! (and a object lesson as to why you should not throw the treason charge around willy-nilly like some do on this site!) And we have been amazingly tolerant to those that clearly deserved it like 8 & 9. One could argue I guess that 11 & 12 were miscarriages also, I don't know the details. Extenuating circumstances might come into play.

Again we are a remarkably tolerant nation. And we can't thank the Founding Fathers enough for that!