Chinese intelligence and spying (catch all)

[davidbfpo]

Unable to find a previous post on this case, anyway the DoJ statement starts with:

Today, a federal jury convicted Kevin Patrick Mallory, 61, a former Central Intelligence Agency case officer of Leesburg, Virginia, on espionage charges related to his transmission of classified documents to an agent of the People’s Republic of China.

Link:https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/jury-...icer-espionage

Reading between the lines it appears Mr Mallory retained classified documents after leaving government service, which ended his security clearance, in October 2012. In March and April 2017 he traveled to Shanghai to offer his services. I use 'appears' as he was also a contractor.

More details:https://www.lawfareblog.com/accused-...ory-goes-trial