Espionage against the United States

Say What?! Ex-CIA Officer Admits to Spying for China

A former CIA officer, Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, has pleaded guilty to conspiring with his relative, also a former CIA officer, to provide classified U.S. defense information to China.

This disturbing revelation came to light in a federal court in Honolulu over the past few days, as the Department of Justice announced.

Ma, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested in 2020. He had worked for the CIA from 1982 to 1989, during which he held top-secret clearance and signed multiple non-disclosure agreements.

His betrayal didn’t end with his departure from the agency. Ma and his relative, who also had access to top-secret information, conspired to share sensitive national defense details with Chinese intelligence.

FBI Director Christopher Wray stated in 2020 that the bureau opened a new Chinese counterintelligence case every 10 hours and that over 2,000 China-related investigations were ongoing.

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