Separate FBI Raids Net 4 Alleged Spies

DoD analyst, ex-Boeing engineer accused of selling secrets to China
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 11, 2008 4:00 PM CST
Separate FBI Raids Net 4 Alleged Spies
A cyclist watches federal authorities standing in front a home in New Orleans, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. FBI agents raided this home in the Uptown area of the Crescent City early Monday in connection with a spy investigation. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)   (Associated Press)

The FBI arrested a Defense Department employee and three others today on charges of spying for China, the Washington Post reports. The Virginia-based  DoD weapons analyst and two accomplices in New Orleans were coincidentally busted on the same day as an ex-Boeing engineer in Southern California, Justice Department officials in Alexandria, Va., and Los Angeles said.

The Virginia case primarily involves US arms sales to China and Taiwan; the three defendants face conspiracy charges. In the second case, the ex-Boeing engineer, 72, is up on charges of stealing trade secrets, mostly relating to the space program and including info about the space shuttle. The investigations “demonstrate that foreign spying remains a serious threat in the post-Cold War world,'' said a prosecutor. (More espionage stories.)

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