The walls have closed in on a former U.S. intelligence officer who was caught admitting that he sold top secret information to the Chinese government, including details on CIA operations and high tech U.S. weapons systems.
The Department of Justice put out a press release on Monday stating that 67-year-old Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, a former CIA officer, was arrested on Friday and charged with selling classified information up to the “Top Secret” level to intelligence agents of the People’s Republic of China. The criminal complaint containing the charge was unsealed on Monday morning.
“The trail of Chinese espionage is long and, sadly, strewn with former American intelligence officers who betrayed their colleagues, their country and its liberal democratic values to support an authoritarian communist regime,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers.
“This betrayal is never worth it. Whether immediately, or many years after they thought they got away with it, we will find these traitors and we will bring them to justice. To the Chinese intelligence services, these individuals are expendable. To us, they are sad but urgent reminders of the need to stay vigilant.”
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