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Former OBAMA CIA officer sentenced to 20 years for disclosing state secrets to Chinese for $25G

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An ex-CIA officer was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for 
revealing military secrets to China and potentially seeking to 
expose human assets who were once his responsibility.

Kevin Mallory, 62, was found guilty back in June on charges of 
spying for China. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III handed down 
the sentence which is less than the life sentence as sought by 
prosecutors but double what the defense requested.

The former intelligence officer was convicted under the 
Espionage Act for providing classified information to Chinese 
handlers in exchange for $25,000.

Mallory’s acts first became known to U.S. authorities after he 
was randomly picked for a secondary screening at Chicago O’Hare 
International Airport in April 2017 on a flight back from 
Shanghai with his son and customs agents found $16,500 in 
unreported cash.

During voluntary interviews with law enforcement officials, 
Mallory then was caught off guard when a Samsung phone provided 
to him by the Chinese showed text conversations between Mallory 
and the Chinese recruiter.

“Your object is to gain information, and my object is to be 
paid.”

— Kevin Mallory's text to his Chinese handler
“Your object is to gain information, and my object is to be 
paid,” Mallory wrote in one text message to his Chinese handler.

Prosecutor John Gibbs said that the former CIA officer was 
“desperate for money, and the most valuable thing he had was our 
nation’s secrets.” The $25,000 Mallory received was just a 
glimpse into what would have occurred if he hadn’t been caught, 
Gibbs added.

The 20-year sentence comes after multiple delays, with the judge 
seeking to clarify the exact value of the information Mallory 
provided to the Chinese, while the prosecutors and the defense 
clashed on the issue of whether the defendant tried to put human 
assets at risk.

While a significant portion of the case remains classified, 
according to court records, prosecutors believe Mallory either 
sent or intended to send evidence that would have exposed human 
assets described as “the Johnsons.” Gibbs said Mallory was the 
Johnsons’ handler when he was at the CIA.

Judge Ellis ruled that he couldn’t conclusively say that Mallory 
planned on exposing human assets, but said his “long-term 
intentions” were sinister.

“If I had concluded that sources had been compromised ... I 
would impose a far more severe sentence,” Ellis said.

“If you choose to play footsie with another country ... you have 
committed a crime. Don’t think that you can be a double agent.”

— U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III
The defense argued that a long sentence shouldn’t be applied, 
pointing to the small sum of money he received from the Chinese 
and that he voluntarily disclosed his contacts with the Chinese 
to his former employers at the CIA.

But the judge noted that the reason Mallory received arguably a 
small figure was because he was caught in an early stage of his 
work with the Chinese.

Mallory’s attorneys say they will seek to appeal the conviction.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/former-cia-officer-jailed-state-
secrets-china
 

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