hopefully this is unrelated....no story yet....
US: Pentagon Official Charged With Passing Secrets To China
Last update: 5/13/2009 10:56:32 AM
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traitor named in the story....
US: Pentagon Official Charged With Passing Secrets To China
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON (AFP)—A Pentagon official formerly of the U.S. Air Force has been charged with conspiracy to pass classified information to an agent of China, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday.
A criminal complaint said that retired Lieutenant Colonel James Wilbur Fondren, a deputy director of the U.S. Pacific Command’s Washington Liaison Office, “unlawfully and knowingly conspired” to communicate secrets.
“The allegations in this case are troubling - providing classified information to a foreign agent of the People’s Republic of China is a real and serious threat to our national security,” said Dana Boente, acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
“The U.S. government places considerable trust in those given access to classified information, and we are committed to prosecuting those who abuse that trust.”