Feds Accuse Ex-FBI Agent (Smith) of Lying About Affair (Katrina Leung)

[UpInArms]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=4438257

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former FBI agent already charged with having a long love affair with an accused Chinese double agent has been indicted by a federal grand jury for failing to disclose the relationship to his bosses.

James J. Smith, who for nearly two decades acted as an FBI handler for Chinese-American informant Katrina Leung, was accused in the indictment of concealing the affair during a security investigation.

The 60-year-old former FBI agent, who is also charged with mail fraud and gross negligence with national security material, could face a maximum of 35 years in prison if convicted at a trial.

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The new indictment accuses Smith of lying to an FBI agent during an August, 2000 security investigation, saying among other things that "he was not concealing any activity or conduct which could be used to influence, pressure or compromise him in any way..."

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[TacticalPeek]

1. Hah! Why am I not surprised?

"The charges against Leung, 49, stunned many in Los Angeles, where she was active in politics and the local
Chinese-American community and rubbed shoulders with many of the city's movers and shakers."

Active in politics? Wouldn't this be the same Leung that was a big fundraiser for the R's? You wouldn't know it from this article.

The Chinese Spy Who Loved the GOP Too Much


:grr:

[wellst0nev0ter]

2. Doesn't Involve A Democrat? Then It Doesn't Matter

case closed :grr: