DOD Analyst Convicted for Selling Information to China
Published July 13, 2008
Despite a lot of official denials, it seems pretty clear the Chinese have no qualms about stealing as much intellectual property as they can get their hands on.
On Friday, the Department of Justice announced that one Gregg William Bergersen of Alexandria, Virginia was sentenced to 57 months in prison (plus three years of supervised release) for disclosing secret information to a naturalized American citizen of Chinese descent (Tai Shen Kuo), who was then providing it to the People's Republic of China.
In his day job, Gregg Bergersen was a Department of Defense Analyst.
Kuo provided Bergersen with gifts, cash payments, dinners and gambling money in exchange for the information. The information involving military sales to Taiwan was then passed to Kuo's handler, an official of the People's Republic of China.
The official DOJ press release states that Bergersen didn't know the information was going to China. It would be interesting to discover just where he thought it was going to?
Kuo, who was found guilty on May 13th, is currently awaiting sentencing on August 8th and faces life in prison.
On May 28th, Yu Xin Kang, also of New Orleans pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting an unregistered agent of the People's Republic of China. According to court documents, Kang sometimes assisted Kuo in providing the stolen information to the unnamed foreign official. Kang faces ten years in prison.
Last year, another naturalized American citizen of Chinese descent, Chi Mak, was convicted of selling sensitive defense technology to China. This case was a family affair and Mak's sister in law and brother were caught by the FBI trying to board a plane to China with three encrypted CD's containing the stolen information.
The FBI site covered the Bergersen/Kuo case and another one involving a Boeing engineer, Dongfan “Greg” Chung, in a recent press release. Allegedly Chung was tied into the Mak case and sold information on the Space Shuttle and military aircraft to the People's Republic of China.
- DOD Analyst Convicted for Selling Information to China
- Published: July 13, 2008
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- Section: Politics
- Filed Under: Politics: U.S., Politics: Policy, Politics: Law and Rights, Politics: International, Politics: Government
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The internet is filled with this. For example.
The list of U.S. weapons compromised by the spy ring includes the Navy Aegis air defense system, U.S. carrier defenses, U.S. submarine silent propulsion systems - including the new Virginia-class attack submarines - electromagnetic pulse weapons and unmanned aerial vehicle technology.
The CIA noted: "Because most Chinese share a common cultural and historical background, Chinese Communist leaders refer to all individuals of Chinese ancestry as 'overseas' Chinese. When approaching an individual of Chinese origin, the Chinese intelligence services attempt to secure his or her cooperation by playing on this shared ancestry,"
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Ed, good to see this. This is quite literally extremely serious to our national military and economic security and all that we labor so hard to put into it.
The thing about this is there are no visible effects to the extreme danger and jeopardy it places us in. We don't even know and the government is not talking.
And keep in mind that it is always Russia and China vetoing in he UN againsts the western free world. I can not blame the Chinies for trying. But an American working is highly classified information who aids them should spend the rest of his life behind bars with monitored mail and visitation for life.
On Clinton's watch there were some really nasty cases that petered out in the media because it was leading to some sticky business about the Chinese giving Bill Clinton large campaign contributions. "I swear I never hand sex with those Chinese spies"
On an additional note, It has been reported in both the British and American press that Russians spying is back up to cold war levels not seen in 20 years. If this is true and they're not getting caught here in the US, how many are getting away with it as we speak. Who in American is aiding them?
Last note. It is always Russia and China who use their veto in the UN against the western free world. Coincidence?
China's efforts amount to a worldwide "market intelligence program," says former FBI analyst Paul D. Moore. "The reality is that China does not practice intelligence the way God intended," he jokes. America's intelligence structure arose during the Cold War to contain the Soviet Union. "In our model, professional intelligence officers go out and do the job," Moore says. "In China's model, anyone and everyone is a potential intelligence asset."
Popular Mechanics of all places has a good artical on; How China Steals U.S. Military Secrets