Andrew Vale, assistant director of the FBI's Washington office, said: "Kevin Mallory was previously entrusted with top-secret clearance and therefore had access to classified information, which he allegedly shared and planned to continue sharing with representatives of a foreign government".
Mallory was charged with delivering defence information to a foreign government and with making false statements to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents. Kevin Mallory, 60, was found to be carrying $16,500 in USA dollars in his carry-on luggage before being charged by federal prosecutors under the federal Espionage Act.
A Virginia resident entrusted with top secret information by the us government has been charged with espionage after he travelled to China to pass classified information to Beijing's security services, according to the Justice Department.
The affidavit said Mallory had traveled to China in April and met with two people he thought were from a Chinese think tank.
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents then searched the device and found four classified documents and messages that Mallory thought had been deleted, according to the affidavit.
"Your object is to gain information and my object is to be paid", he told the Chinese in a 5 May message, according to an indictment. They said Mallory served in multiple USA military and government roles, including at defense contractors.
Mr. Mallory left the government in 2012 and was working as a self-employed consultant when he was arrested, according to a complaint filed by an F.B.I. agent. Upon his return in April, he failed to report he was carrying more than $10,000, and customs officials found $16,000 in his carry-on bags.
An analysis of the communications device showed information describing the contents of at least eight different classified USA documents, including those outlining the activity of an unnamed US government agency.
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The BBC reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed that Mallory was entrusted with high-level clearance when working for the U.S. government.
The agent responded, "My current object is to make sure your security and to try to reimburse you". According to the complaint, of those four, three contained classified information and one was classified at the "top-secret level".
The unveiling of state and trade secrets to the Chinese government has been an ongoing national security challenge for the United States.
Mallory told the agents that it was a reference to "two white papers" regarding open-source information and that he was just stringing along the contact, according to the complaint. "Unless read in detail, it appeared like a simple note", he wrote.
Mallory, wearing a gray tank top and black Army athletic shorts, requested a court-appointed lawyer at his initial appearance. He was ordered held pending a detention hearing scheduled for today afternoon.
"These charges should send a message to anyone who would consider violating the public's trust and compromising our national security by disclosing classified information", Boente said.
This is published unedited from the PTI feed.
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