Posted on 12/17/2005 10:35:01 AM PST by shooter223
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The government ended its crippled spy case against a woman once accused of being a Chinese double agent, accepting her guilty pleas to lesser charges of making a false statement to the FBI and filing a false tax return.
Katrina Leung, 51, admitted Friday she lied to the FBI about her intimate relationship with her FBI handler, James J. Smith, and that she failed to include all her income on her tax returns for the year 2000.
The case against Leung virtually collapsed early this year when the judge rebuked prosecutors for "deliberate misconduct" and dismissed all charges. The judge said prosecutors purposely kept the defense from contacting Smith as they prepared for Leung's trial and, in so doing, violated her due process rights to a key witness.
The government appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate the charges and that appeal was pending when the plea bargain was announced.
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Make no mistake, the Chicoms are everywhere.
love the tagline
Love your screen name ;)
my favorite Contender barrel is .223,hence shooter223
Im partial to .308
But hey, viva la differance!
.308 in a Contender?......sounds like fun .......I'm thinking 45/70 next
Oh you mean a thompson contender?
.308 would be quite a handful L0L
Thompson/Center Contender ........yes,.308 is available ......nothing better(in my humble opinion) for hunting with a handgun ........many calibers from T/C and after market ..........http://www.tcarms.com/
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