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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...

Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A former FBI agent was indicted this week on charges she tipped off the subject of a national security wiretap and revealed the identity of a bureau operative.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former FBI agent who was briefly assigned to the Los Angeles bureau's Chinese counterintelligence unit was charged with telling the subject of a national security probe that he was under investigation. Denise K. Woo, 45, was arraigned Monday on a five-count indictment charging her with deliberately disclosing a covert FBI operation and of lying to fellow FBI agents. She was freed on $50,000 bail. Her lawyer said Friday she was actually trying to help an innocent man. "Denise Woo was forced to assist in an espionage investigation of an innocent man, and the FBI unfortunately...