Former CIA officer accused of spying for China set to change his plea Wednesday

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Jerry Lee, a former CIA officer accused of spying for the Chinese, is set to change his not guilty plea at a hearing in Virginia federal court

Lee's case was scheduled to go to trial this week in an Alexandria, Virginia, courthouse, but the start date was abruptly canceled last week via an online court filing and replaced with a nondescript hearing. On Tuesday, the court renamed that hearing as a change of plea hearing.Lee was charged in 2018 with conspiracy to gather or deliver defense information to aid a foreign government and unlawful retention of national defense information.His attorney, Edward B.

The 13-year veteran of the CIA is believed to have helped China dismantle a US spy network in the country and identify informants who were later killed or imprisoned. The New York Times reported last year that the imprisonment or execution of a dozen Chinese nationals working for the US was"one of the most devastating intelligence setbacks for the agency in recent decades.

 

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Trying to destroy from with in. When will we citizens take backour Government. DJT POTUS can’t keep fighting alone.

Oh how the mighty have fallen, Jerry Lee.

What's Happening to our Nation?I Blame Trump for Trashing the CIA!He should be Praising the Men & Women who watch our Backs 24/7!CIA is never Down!They all risk their Lives/Sometimes Their family's Lives!It is not for the Peanuts Pay they get!They love our Country more than life!

Why?

Good step in a direction forward.

Obozo will bail him out.

Watta shame!

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