Cruelbreed
05-13-2009, 12:43 PM
That bastard...
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Pentagon official has been charged with conspiracy to communicate classified information to a person he believed represented China's government, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday.
James Wilbur Fondren Jr., 62, worked as the deputy director for the Washington liaison office for U.S. Pacific Command, according to the complaint unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia.
He turned himself in to federal agents Wednesday morning, the Department of Justice said.
Fondren is accused of involvement in an espionage (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Espionage_and_Intelligence) conspiracy from November 2004 until February 2008. He has been on administrative leave with pay since mid-February of last year.
"These charges are the result of the investigative efforts of the FBI's Washington Field Office, with the invaluable assistance of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations," said Arthur Cummings of the FBI's National Security Branch.
"Espionage is a profoundly serious crime, and the FBI (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation) will continue to work with our law enforcement and intelligence community partners to ensure the protection of our nation's most sensitive information."
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Pentagon official has been charged with conspiracy to communicate classified information to a person he believed represented China's government, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday.
James Wilbur Fondren Jr., 62, worked as the deputy director for the Washington liaison office for U.S. Pacific Command, according to the complaint unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia.
He turned himself in to federal agents Wednesday morning, the Department of Justice said.
Fondren is accused of involvement in an espionage (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Espionage_and_Intelligence) conspiracy from November 2004 until February 2008. He has been on administrative leave with pay since mid-February of last year.
"These charges are the result of the investigative efforts of the FBI's Washington Field Office, with the invaluable assistance of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations," said Arthur Cummings of the FBI's National Security Branch.
"Espionage is a profoundly serious crime, and the FBI (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation) will continue to work with our law enforcement and intelligence community partners to ensure the protection of our nation's most sensitive information."