ອະດີດເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ອົງການຊີໄອເອ (CIA) ຄົນນຶ່ງໄດ້ຖືກຕັດສິນລົງໂທດ ໃຫ້ຕິດຄຸກ 19
ປີ ໃນວັນສຸກວານນີ້ ໃນຖານສົມຮູ້ຮ່ວມຄິດວາງແຜນຈາລະກຳໃນອັນ ທີ່ພວກໄອຍະ
ການກ່າວວ່າ ລາວໄດ້ຮັບເງິນຫຼາຍກວ່າ 840,000 ໂດລາ ຈາກຈີນ ເພື່ອເປີດເຜີຍລາຍ
ຊື່ເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ສືບລັບ ແລະຄວາມຮູ້ຂອງລາວກ່ຽວກັບວິທີ ການສືບລັບ.
ການຕັດສິນໂທດ ຕໍ່ທ້າວແຈຣີ ຈຸນ ຊິງ ລີ (Jerry Chun Shing Lee) ອາຍຸ 55 ປີ
ແມ່ນດົນກວ່າ 10 ປີ ຕາມທີ່ທະນາຍຄວາມຕໍ່ສູ້ຄະດີຂອງລາວ ໄດ້ຂໍຮ້ອງໄປ.
ທ້າວລີ ໄດ້ຮັບສາລະພາບຜິດໃນການສົມຮູ້ຮ່ວມຄິດໃນການວາງແຜນຈາລະກຳ ແຕ່
ບັນດາໄອຍະການ ແລະພວກທະນາຍຄວາມຕໍ່ສູ້ຄະດີບໍ່ເຫັນພ້ອມກ່ຽວກັບວ່າ ໄດ້ມີ
ຫລັກຖານທີ່ທ້າວລີໄດ້ທຳການຈາລະກຳອີຫຼີຫຼືບໍ່. ພວກທະນາຍຄວາມຂອງທ້າວລີ
ໄດ້ໂຕ້ແຍ້ງວ່າ ການກະທຳຂອງລູກຄວາມຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້ານັ້ນ ບໍ່ໄດ້ຮ້າຍແຮງດັ່ງທີ່ລັດ
ຖະບານໄດ້ບັນລະຍາຍ.
ບັນດາໄອຍະການກ່າວວ່າ ພວກເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ສືບລັບຈີນ ໄດ້ເອົາເງິນໃຫ້ທ້າວລີ ຫຼາຍ
ກວ່າ 840,000 ໂດລາໃນໄລຍະສາມປີ ເລີ້ມໃນປີ 2010 ແລະອາດເປັນໄປໄດ້ທີ່
ທ້າວລີ ໄດ້ເອົາຂໍ້ມູນໃຫ້ເຂົາເຈົ້າທັງໝົດທີ່ລາວມີ ໃນການເຮັດວຽກເປັນເວລາ 13
ປີ ໃຫ້ອົງການ CIA. ພວກໄອຍະການຢາກໃຫ້ຜູ້ກ່ຽວວຖືກຄຸກດົນກວ່າ 20 ປີ.
ບັນດາທະນາຍຄວາມທີ່ຕໍ່ສູ້ຄະດີກ່າວວ່າ ລັດຖະບານບໍ່ເຄີຍໄດ້ພິສູດວ່າເງິນນັ້ນໄດ້
ມາຈາກຈີນ ຫຼືວ່າທ້າວລີເຄີຍໄດ້ນຳເອົາຄວາມລັບຂອງລັດຖະບານໄປມອບໃຫ້ແກ່ຈີນ.
A former CIA case agent was sentenced to 19 years in prison Friday for an espionage conspiracy in which prosecutors say he received more than $840,000 from China to divulge the names of human sources and his knowledge of spycraft.
The sentence imposed on Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 55, was significantly longer than the 10-years sought by defense attorneys.
Lee pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit espionage, but prosecutors and defense lawyers disagreed about whether there was proof Lee carried out any actual espionage. Lee's lawyers disputed that their client's conduct was anywhere near as severe as the government described.
Prosecutors say Chinese intelligence officers gave Lee more than $840,000 over a three-year period beginning in 2010, and that Lee likely gave them all the information he had from a 13-year career as a CIA case officer. They sought a prison term of more than 20 years.
Defense lawyers say the government never proved that the money came from China or that Lee ever carried out any plans to deliver government secrets.
"What the government is describing is their worst possible nightmare," said defense lawyer Nina Ginsberg, but she argued that the government could only speculate that its nightmare scenario actually occurred.
Prosecutors acknowledged they had no direct evidence to prove what was transmitted, nor proof that the $840,000 in cash that Lee deposited into his bank account came from Chinese intelligence.
But prosecutors said Lee was never able to come up with a good explanation for where he got the cash. He ran a tobacco business in Hong Kong, but it was essentially a failure, prosecutors said.
"The only logical conclusion," said prosecutor Neil Hammerstrom, is that that Chinese intelligence "must have been getting top-drawer, high quality (information) from this defendant."
