[Iran Press TV Latest] A former US Defense Department official has been sentenced to three years in prison on charges of spying for China and lying to investigators. James Fondren Jr., 62, was accused of providing classified Pentagon documents to a naturalized US citizen from Taiwan, Tai Shen Kuo, who had close contacts with an unnamed Chinese government official.
Fondren was also in email contact with the Chinese official and met him during a visit to China in 1999.
Fondren provided classified information to Kuo between 2004 and 2008, while he served as the deputy director of the Washington liaison office of US Pacific Command. The Justice Department did not describe the type of documents that were transferred.