Posted on 05/24/2005 7:16:23 PM PDT by SmithL
Los Angeles - The case of an FBI agent charged with warning a suspected Chinese spy he was under investigation may also be linked to the prosecution of a retired agent who pleaded guilty to lying about his extramarital affair with a woman once suspected of being a double agent for China.
Denise K. Woo is charged with deliberately disclosing a covert FBI operation and of lying to her FBI superiors. Her lawyers contend she acted out of concern that a family friend was wrongly suspected of passing defense secrets to China.
The suspect wasn't charged, but Woo was fired and indicted.
Overseeing the 1999 investigation was now retired counterintelligence agent James J. Smith, according to court records ordered unsealed on a motion brought by the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Daily Journal and the Riverside Press-Enterprise.
Smith, 61, pleaded guilty to lying about his two-decade affair with accused Chinese double agent Katrina Leung, his longtime lover and a paid government informant. Smith, who is awaiting sentencing, made his plea as part of a deal with prosecutors who dropped more serious charges.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Do all the other FBI agents get this fringe benefit package?
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