Ex-CIA Officer Pleads Guilty to Efforts to Supply China With Classified Information

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A former CIA officer faces the possibility of years behind bars after he admitted conspiring to provide classified information to China

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A former CIA officer pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide classified information to China, as the Justice Department sharpens its efforts to combat what officials describe as a widening campaign by China to shake loose government secrets.

Jerry Chun Shing Lee, who worked as a case officer at the Central Intelligence Agency for more than a decade, admitted in court Wednesday that between 2010 and 2018 he had communicated with agents from China’s spy service and had prepared documents in response to requests...

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