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Ex-US Intelligence Officer Gets 10 Years in Chinese Espionage Case

Reuters

   A former U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency officer who admitted he
   betrayed his country for financial gain was sentenced on Tuesday to 10
   years in federal prison for attempted espionage on behalf of China, the
   U.S. Justice Department said.

   Ron Rockwell Hansen, 60, of Syracuse, Utah, pleaded guilty in March to
   trying to pass classified U.S. national defense information to China,
   and admitted to receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars as an agent
   for the Beijing government.

   FBI agents arrested Hansen in June 2018 as he was on his way to the
   Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to board a flight to China, the
   Justice Department said.

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