Thread: Pentagon Official Charged with Espionage for Chinese

The National Association of Chiefs of Police obtained the following information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's liaison office.

A Defense Department official has been charged with conspiracy to communicate classified information to an agent of a foreign government, according to a report obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

A criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday in the Eastern District of Virginia alleges that, from approximately November 2004 to February 11, 2008, James Wilbur Fondren, Jr., while serving as an employee of the Defense Department, unlawfully and knowingly conspired with others to communicate classified information to another person who he had reason to believe was an agent or representative of a foreign government.

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High ranking Pentagon official charged with espionage
May 18, 6:25 AM
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The National Association of Chiefs of Police obtained the following information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's liaison office.

A Defense Department official has been charged with conspiracy to communicate classified information to an agent of a foreign government, according to a report obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

A criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday in the Eastern District of Virginia alleges that, from approximately November 2004 to February 11, 2008, James Wilbur Fondren, Jr., while serving as an employee of the Defense Department, unlawfully and knowingly conspired with others to communicate classified information to another person who he had reason to believe was an agent or representative of a foreign government.

Fondren, 62, worked at the Pentagon and is the Deputy Director, Washington Liaison Office, U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM). He has been on administrative leave with pay since mid-February 2008 and has not performed any duties in or for PACOM since that time. Wednesday morning, he turned himself in to federal agents. If convicted, he faces a maximum five years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.

“Today’s case is the result of an outstanding long-term counterespionage effort by many agents, analysts and prosecutors that has thus far yielded three convictions,â€