Mr Hansen worked as a case officer for the Defence Intelligence Agency
Business Insider: The FBI arrested a former defense intelligence officer with top secret clearance on suspicion of spying for China
* A former US Defense Intelligence Agency officer has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly attempting to give state secrets to China.
* Ron Rockwell Hansen is a retired intelligence officer who had top secret security clearance.
* Hansen allegedly received $800,000 while acting as an undisclosed agent of China.
* He joins a growing list of former US intelligence officers who have been accused of spying for the Chinese government in the last few months.
A former US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer, who had top secret security clearance, has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly attempting to give state secrets to China.
Ron Rockwell Hansen, 58, was arrested on Saturday while on his way to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to board a connecting flight to China, the Justice Department said.
Hansen appeared in court Monday and was charged with transmitting national defense information to aid a foreign government, acting as an unregistered foreign agent for China, and bulk cash smuggling. Hansen also allegedly received hundreds
of thousands of dollars for his actions.
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Former US intelligence officer is accused of spying for China, arrested on his way to Seattle airport -- SCMP/Washington Post
Ron Rockwell Hansen: US arrests man for trying to spy for China -- BBC
A Former Intelligence Official Has Been Charged With Espionage for Trying to Sell Secrets to China -- Time/AP
US 'double agent took $800,000 to spy for China' -- The Guardian/AFP
Former DIA officer charged with attempting to send national defense information to China -- CNN
U.S. Army Veteran Tried to Spy for China, Officials Say -- The New York Times
Former intelligence officer charged with trying to share secrets with China -- USA Today
Former US intelligence officer arrested in Seattle on China spying charges -- DW
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