Montaperto in 2003 disclosed to the FBI and Navy counterintelligence agents during a sting operation that he provided both "secret" and "top secret" intelligence to two Chinese intelligence officers during more than 60 meetings, according to court documents in the case. He pleaded guilty to lesser charges of illegally retaining classified documents, but he admitted as part of a plea bargain to passing the secrets to Chinese intelligence.The prosecution was a setback for a network of pro-China specialists in government and academia who have sought to play down China's growing military capabilities and intelligence operations in a coordinated effort they claim is aimed at improving U.S. ties to China.
Mr. Sutter said he wrote the e-mail as a warning to other China specialists, implying that they too should refuse to help the FBI.
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I'm not exactly speechless.
If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!
That story got posted on FR when it was first reported, even more interesting than it appears here. I think they let him plea bargain down from more serious charges. Wish I had bookmarked it.