Posted on 02/11/2008 11:23:49 AM PST by PurpleMan
Federal agents today arrested four people on espionage charges, including a Defense Department employee from Alexandria, and accused them of passing classified information to China that included details about the Space Shuttle and U.S. military sales to Taiwan.
The DOD employee, Gregg William Bergersen, 51, was charged in U.S. District Court in Alexandria with conspiracy to disclose national defense information
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He was also formerly Director, C4ISR Programs Navy International Program Office (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance)
Sad, how people will sell their country and their souls for 30 pieces of silver. We thought this stuff would end after Clinton’s 8 year debacle, but I think it got even worse.
Oops
I support the death penalty for treason.
Execute this piece of trash. And not by lethal injeciton, but by keel hauling or draw & quarter. Something nasty and very, very painful.
It was a sad day for maritime law when they banned keel-hauling, that’s all I’ve got to say.
;^)
Must have been getting a lot of money. The punishment should be execution. It won’t be.
Oh yikes. As a DoD contractor, AND an Alexandria resident, this hits too close for comfort!
FROM THE DOJ
"According to court documents, the criminal conduct spanned a two-year period from January 2006 to February 2008.
Kuo, a naturalized U.S. citizen and New Orleans businessman, gathered national defense information on behalf of the government of the PRC.
Working under the direction of an individual identified in the complaint affidavit only as “PRC Official A,”
Kuo cultivated friendships with Bergersen and others within the U.S. government and obtained from them
-- for ultimate passage to the PRC -- sensitive U.S. government information, including classified national defense information.
Much of the information pertained to U.S. military sales to Taiwan.
Bergersen, a Weapons Systems Policy Analyst at the Arlington, Va.-based Defense Security Cooperation Agency,
an agency within the Department of Defense, was charged with being the source of the classified information
collected by Kuo. Kang, a citizen of the PRC and a Lawful Permanent Resident of the United States,
served as a conduit of information between PRC Official A and Kuo.
Meetings between Kuo and Bergersen took place at various locations in Northern Virginia,
Charleston, South Carolina, and Las Vegas."
“Navy International Programs Office Role, Mr. Gregg Bergersen, Director C4I Program, Navy International Programs Office”
He put together a pretty detailed presentation on this link.
There won’t be much mof a trial. The slease-ball lawyers for the defense will ask for and get all sorts of classified in formation as part of their defense and the government will have to fold and settle for some minor charge like parking at the wrong spot at the Pentagon. It’s standard fair in spy cases.
Not that I’m a laweyer, but I would think it’s doubtful.
There mught be a deal if he can give bigger fish, but he seems pretty high up in the food chain.
Didn’t stop them from thowing the book at Johhny Walker & Sons, Ltd. Johnny got and the rest got life sentences (one got 365 years. BIg diff.). One son got 25 served 15
Waterboard him and then kill him.
U.S. carrier help? (Admiral offers help to China)
Adm. Tim Keating, the U.S. Pacific Command leader, told reporters during his visit to China last month that while building and operating a carrier battle group is complex, the United States is willing to help.
"We would, if they choose to develop [an aircraft-carrier program], help them to the degree that they seek and the degree that we're capable, in developing their programs," Adm. Keating said.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1845931/posts
U.S. may share missile info with China
WASHINGTON, June 4 (UPI) -- The United States would "seriously" consider sharing technology and missile warning intelligence with China, (Secretary of Defense Gates) the U.S. defense chief said Sunday.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1846099/posts
Some China firms avoid U.S. technology transfer licenses
WASHINGTON: Six months ago, the U.S. government quietly eased some restrictions on the export of sensitive technologies to China. The new approach was intended to help U.S. companies increase sales of high-technology equipment to China despite tight curbs on sharing technology that might have military applications.
But now the administration is facing questions from weapons experts about whether some equipment - newly authorized for export to Chinese companies deemed trustworthy by Washington - could instead end up helping China modernize its military. Equally worrisome, the weapons experts say, is the possibility that China could share the technology with Iran or Syria.
The technologies include advanced aircraft engine parts, navigation systems, telecommunications equipment and sophisticated composite materials.
As I recall, wasn’t one of the reasons the Navy wanted more ships because of the increasing threat brought on by the Chinese?
Wasn’t the guy who said that the chief of naval operations?
Isn’t the guy who said that now the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs?
Looks like there is some leadership who has been thinking about things for a while.
>Looks like there is some leadership who has been thinking about things for a while.<
Yes, the betrayal of America has been in the works for quite some time. I am wondering if the American people are going to recognize this fact before they have to live under only the UN Charter. That Constitution was a good idea when the politicians and courts believed in it too.
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