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Re:Ex-CIA Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informan... by c3534l on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @10:31PM (#16165237)
If you're living in Hong Kong and you've been paid to oust US spies, why on Earth would you ever set foot in America again? Especially after you've already been investigated by the FBI for what you were doing.
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Re:Ex-CIA Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informan... by throwwwwaway9 on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @11:35PM (#16165499)
Money, it says he was offered a CIA contract, apparently many retired agents work as independent contractors after retiring. His mistake was not asking for FU money from China, considering the great service he performed. It's not China doesn't have the money
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Re:Ex-CIA Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informan... by IBM on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @10:48PM (#16165315)
Maybe he was kidnapped by the CIA or a friendly intelligence agency and brought back covertly to avoid a diplomatic incident with China.

https://youtu.be/-u2TLXEJJpA?t=3m

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Re:Ex-CIA Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informan... by saagarjha on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @10:41PM (#16165280)
> Former intelligence officials said that the F.B.I. lured Mr. Lee back to the United States as part of a ruse

It's not mentioned what happened here, but it looks like he was tricked into coming.

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Re:Ex-CIA Officer Suspected of Compromising Chinese Informan... by stevenwoo on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @12:33AM (#16165710)
He was obviously not aware the FBI looked at his journals containing the names of the CIA moles - what's really weird is the FBI did not arrest him immediately afterwards instead of waiting five years for his next trip to the USA.
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