Ron Rockwell Hansen: US intelligence officer caught ‘spying for China’

Arrest follows four-year FBI investigation into former officer

US Defence Intelligence Agency headquarters in Washington
US Defence Intelligence Agency headquarters in Washington DC
(Image credit: AP2011)

A former officer with the US Defense Intelligence Agency has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, according to the US Justice Department.

Ron Rockwell Hansen, 58, was reportedly taken into custody by the FBI following an investigation that found that he had received up to $800,000 for providing information to the Chinese government.

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