LOS ANGELES, May 26 (UPI) -- A Los Angeles-based FBI agent has been accused of tipping off a suspected Chinese spy. And the case may be linked to the high-profile prosecution of veteran counterintelligence officer James J. Smith and his longtime lover, Katrina Leung, recently unsealed court records indicate. | Chinese women, why does the FBI.......oh, right |
In the most recent allegation of misconduct within the FBI's Chinese counterintelligence squad, Denise K. Woo has been charged with revealing the identify of an undercover operative and the existence of a wiretap and lying about it to her superiors, the Los Angeles Times reports.
| Denise Woo? If she's a chinese FBI agent, does that mean she's decided to cut out the middle man and is screwing her self? |
No charges were ever brought against the suspect, but Woo was fired and subsequently indicted for her alleged misconduct. According to the newly released documents, Smith oversaw the 1999 investigation and vouched for the undercover operative's reliability. | Reliable at many things, apparently |
Smith, now retired, was indicted in 2003 on charges of covering up information Leung might have been a double-agent employed by China. In a deal with prosecutors, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of lying about his extramarital affair and is awaiting sentencing.
Leung, who denied any wrongdoing, was charged with illegally possessing classified materials with intent to harm U.S. interests. A federal judge later dismissed the case against her, citing alleged government misconduct. |
