State Department Employee Caught Selling Classified Information to Adversary

Originally published at: State Department Employee Caught Selling Classified Information to Adversary | ClearanceJobs Blog

The Department of Justice published a press release outlining an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) involving a Department of State (DoS) employee with a Top-Secret security clearance who was selling sensitive and classified information to someone who turned out to be working for the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The employee…

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The FBI’s affidavit in support of the criminal complaint may be of interest to readers of this forum:

The case docket is available here:

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69717627/united-states-v-schena/

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Why are all the news articles and the DOJ site not saying the country he was selling secrets to was China? I mean they say he was paid in Chinese currency (CNY/RMB).

I find it odd the DOJ won’t specifically name the country. I wonder what “surveillance” saw him taking pictures at his desk. Are there hidden cameras at work desks now?

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They probably accessed the camera on his work computer.