U.S. accuses China of ‘super aggressive’ spy campaign on LinkedIn

(Reuters) The United States’ top spy catcher said Chinese espionage agencies are using fake LinkedIn accounts to try to recruit Americans with access to government and commercial secrets, and the company should shut them down. William Evanina, the U.S. counterintelligence chief, told Reuters in an interview that intelligence and law enforcement officials have told LinkedIn, […]

Former Defense Contractor Sentenced for Unlawfully Retaining Classified Information

Update on the Wendall Marshall case. As a reminder, he was the guy who downloaded highly sensitive classified information onto a CD, labeled the disc “My Secret TACAMO Stuff” and took the CD home where it sat unprotected for years. See previous post for more info. Former Defense Contractor Sentenced for Unlawfully Retaining Classified Information […]

Jury Convicts Former CIA Officer of Espionage

(DOJ) 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. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern […]

China hacked a Navy contractor and secured a trove of highly sensitive data on submarine warfare

(Washington Post) Chinese government hackers have compromised the computers of a Navy contractor, stealing massive amounts of highly sensitive data related to undersea warfare — including secret plans to develop a supersonic anti-ship missile for use on U.S. submarines by 2020, according to American officials. The breaches occurred in January and February, the officials said, […]

Ron Hansen, retired Army/former DIA, arrested for attempted espionage for China

Another spy named Hansen: (DOJ) Ron Rockwell Hansen, 58, a resident of Syracuse, Utah, and a former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer, was arrested Saturday afternoon on federal charges including the attempted transmission of national defense information to the People’s Republic of China.  The FBI agents took Hansen into custody while he was on his way […]

Faulty Chinese spy technology may help convict former CIA officer of espionage

Update on Kevin Mallory case, the former CIA officer who was approached by Chinese intelligence officers on LinkedIn: Faulty Chinese spy technology may help convict former CIA officer of espionage (Washington Post) The phone the Chinese intelligence operatives gave Kevin Mallory was a specialized spy gadget. If it had worked like it was supposed to, […]

Former CIA Officer Charged With Spying for China

(DOJ) Former CIA Case Officer Charged With Conspiracy to Commit Espionage and Retention of National Defense Information The Justice Department announced today that Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 53, of Hong Kong, was indicted by a federal grand jury sitting in the Eastern District of Virginia with: One count of conspiracy to gather or deliver national […]

Chinese Spies Engaged in Massive Theft of U.S. Technology

People's Republic of China

This article makes me livid! I have spent my entire D*I*C*E career talking about what is referenced in this article. Yet in this era of globalization, there are some organizations who are afraid of what I say because I tell their employees what China is doing and who they are using to do it. If your organization is […]

The Many Security Problems of John Weed

Count them. From the affidavit: “civilian supervisors at TASC, his military supervisors at the NRO, and his military and civilian coworkers-was that WEED felt the rules did not apply to him.” What can I say, another person who really needed to be DICE’d. FBI raids home of fired spy agency contractor suspected of leaking code on […]

Former Defense Contractor Convicted of Unlawfully Retaining Classified Information

This guy actually downloaded highly sensitive classified information onto a CD, labeled the disc “My Secret TACAMO Stuff” and took the CD home where it sat unprotected for years. REALLY?! He spent 18 years with a security clearance–did he never sit through a security awareness briefing? This guy and anyone like him needs to be […]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Abuses at the DOJ and FBI

“Sacred Honor Lost” by those in the DOJ, FBI and elsewhere that allowed this abuse of our American system to happen. Read the Memo: HPSCI Memo: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Abuses at the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (pdf)

The Chinese Intelligence Threat is Real

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The threat from Chinese intelligence is real. Here are cases just in the past year you should know about: 53 year old Jerry Chun Shing Lee, aka Zhen Cheng Li, naturalized US citizen and a former CIA Case Officer focusing on East Asian targets, who had been working in Hong Kong as a Security Officer […]

Former CIA Officer Arrested for Retaining Classified Information

Jerry Chun Shing Lee

If you just read this affidavit, a naturalized US citizen who was a case officer for the CIA from 1994 to 2007 retained classified information in his home. Just like Clinton, former CIA Directors Deutch and Petraeus, Harold Martin and others did. However, news sources are saying he may have given his info to the […]