Ex-US Intelligence Officer Pleads Guilty to Attempted Espionage for China

Ex-US Intelligence Officer Pleads Guilty to Attempted Espionage for China
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WASHINGTON—A former U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency officer pleaded guilty to attempted espionage for China, the Justice Department said on Friday, March 15.

The officer, Ron Rockwell Hansen, was accused of trying to transmit classified U.S. national defense information to China and receiving “hundreds of thousands of dollars” while illegally acting as an agent for the Chinese government.