Woman Coming to Virginia Court for Selling U.S. Secrets
posted 5:00 pm Mon February 11, 2008 - Alexandria, Va.
Chinese national Yu Xin Kang, 33, made a brief appearance Wednesday in a New Orleans courtroom, where a federal magistrate ordered her transferred to Virginia "as soon as possible." Kang was arrested Monday on a charge that she served as a conduit for classified defense information that New Orleans businessman Tai Kuo, a 58-year-old native of Taiwan, forwarded to the People's Republic of China.
Prosecutors also accused a Defense Department analyst - Gregg W. Bergersen, 51, of Virginia - with selling Kuo data outlining every planned U.S. sale of weapons or other military technology to Taiwan for the next five years.
Kang waived her right to be represented by an attorney during Wednesday's hearing before U.S. Magistrate Louis Moore Jr. Through an interpreter, she told Moore she will ask to be represented by a public defender in Virginia.Virginia Schlueter, a federal public defender in New Orleans, offered to help Kang contact a consul for the People's Republic of China and to make a telephone call to relatives living abroad. Moore did not object to that arrangement.
"That seems to be the humanitarian thing to do," he said.
As she was led out of court in handcuffs, Kang waved to a man who later identified himself as Kang's roommate in New Orleans. He declined to be interviewed.
Kang and Kuo were charged with conspiracy to deliver national defense information to a foreign government. Both face maximum sentences of life in prison, if convicted.
Kuo and Bergersen, who worked at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency in Arlington, Va., made their initial court appearances Monday in Alexandria. Bergersen, who faces up to 10 years in prison, was charged with conspiracy to deliver national defense information to a person not entitled to receive it.
Latest Comment on Woman Coming to Virginia Court for Selling U.S. Secrets
John61
12:24 pm on 02/13/08
Why are we still doing business with the Chinese government? Must be good Kick backs to our politicians. They are Communist and should not be trusted. We need to pull out of there and never do another day's business with them. The only reason we tolerate the Chinese is cheap, slave labor to build our toys. Again, we are run by those in business. As for the traitor, PUBLIC HANGING comes to mind....
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