vee_ess
04-25-2003, 08:22 PM
Fri April 25, 2003 03:09 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Officials at the FBI knew for years that an accused Chinese double agent had an unusually close relationship with her FBI handler and allowed him to bend agency rules, a published report said on Friday.
The special accommodations were afforded to agent James J. Smith by top FBI brass because they considered Katrina Leung a particularly valuable "asset" in the agency's ability to spy on the Chinese government, the Los Angeles Times reported.
See the full story here. (http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2633099)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Officials at the FBI knew for years that an accused Chinese double agent had an unusually close relationship with her FBI handler and allowed him to bend agency rules, a published report said on Friday.
The special accommodations were afforded to agent James J. Smith by top FBI brass because they considered Katrina Leung a particularly valuable "asset" in the agency's ability to spy on the Chinese government, the Los Angeles Times reported.
See the full story here. (http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2633099)