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Espionage Files: U.S. Naval Officer Accused of Passing Secrets to China

Posted on 11 April 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Lt. Edward Lin, a native of Taiwan, shares his personal stories about his journey to American citizenship to 80 newly nationalized citizens at a naturalization ceremony. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st class Sarah Murphy/Released)

The U.S. Navy held a preliminary hearing to review criminal charges against one of its officers on Friday. According to a redacted report obtained by USNI News, investigators suspect the seaman of two counts of espionage and three counts of attempted espionage.

The Navy didn’t release the name of the officer but sources close to the investigation identified the accused as Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin.

Lin was a tremendous source of pride for the Navy. He emigrated to the United States from Taiwan at the age of 14 and naturalized in 2008. The young man struggled in school but persevered, learned English, joined the Navy and rose through its ranks.

The once-bright Navy star now stands accused of giving state secrets to China. He was in a good position to do so. Lin was a signals intelligence officer overseeing the operation of MQ-4C Triton spy drones as well as P-3C Orion and P-8A Poseidon spy planes.

The charge sheet doesn’t explain how China got Lin to allegedly turn over secrets, but the last two paragraphs are telling. After the laundry list of espionage charges, which include Lin lying about travel to a foreign country, the Navy accused Lin of adultery and wrongfully procuring a “[redacted] to engage in acts of sexual intercourse for hire and reward.”

Lin. Photo via LinkedIn

For 25 years Glenn Defense Marine Asia provided ship husbanding services to the most powerful navy on the planet — America’s Pacific Fleet. Under the direction of millionaire playboy “Fat” Leonard Glenn Francis, GDMA became the fleet’s sole provider of ship-handling services in the South Pacific.

While doing business with the Navy, Fat Leonard bilked the American taxpayer out of hundreds of millions of dollars. He kept investigators off his back through an elaborate system of bribes. The Malaysian playboy paid off Navy officers with cash, hookers and, once, Lady Gaga tickets. At his height Fat Leonard’s payroll included a Navy commander, a slew of petty officers and even an NCIS agent.

Lin’s case is just another in a long line of Pentagon corruption and behavior scandals that stretch back as early as 1986, when Operation Ill Wind took down more than 90 corrupt politicians, defense contractors and military officials.

The story of how the Taiwan-born signals intelligence officer came to allegedly trade secrets to China for cash and whores is just beginning. One thing’s certain — he won’t be the last seaman caught with his pants down.

Read the Original Article at War is Boring

0 thoughts on “Espionage Files: U.S. Naval Officer Accused of Passing Secrets to China”

  1. oldpoet56 says:
    11 April 2016 at 21:20

    When (not saying this guy is guilty) a guy betrays his country for a little bit of nooky should there be a law that that tells these guys a head of time “if convicted of selling secrets for sex once convicted you will at once in front of the court have your equipment cut off and shoved down your throat, let you choke on it. would that stop these a-holes from selling out our people?

  2. oldpoet56 says:
    11 April 2016 at 21:22

    Reblogged this on Truth Troubles: Why people hate the truths' of the real world and commented:
    A reblog that I hope you will like.

  3. Hammerhead says:
    12 April 2016 at 05:56

    I have often thought that if we reverted back to “Soviet Rules” for How we punish traitors we might have fewer repeats down the line. Some examples: The traitor and his entire family disappear to a Siberian Work Camp for 50 years or, are just hung or shot publicly.

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