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Article posted: 5/8/2011 6:00 AM

Chinese espionage puts U.S. secrets in wrong hands

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Glenn Shriver is one of at least 57 defendants in federal cases prosecuted since 2008 involving espionage conspiracies with China or efforts to pass secret information, sensitive defense technology or trade secrets to various players within the nation — be them intelligence operatives, state-sponsored research institutes or private-sector businessmen, according to an Associated Press review of U.S. Justice Department cases.

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Glenn Shriver is one of at least 57 defendants in federal cases prosecuted since 2008 involving espionage conspiracies with China or efforts to pass secret information, sensitive defense technology or trade secrets to various players within the nation — be them intelligence operatives, state-sponsored research institutes or private-sector businessmen, according to an Associated Press review of U.S. Justice Department cases.

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Noshir Gowadia was sentenced to 32 years in prison for working with the Chinese to develop a vital part for a cruise missile. Gowadia once worked on the B-2 bomber as a key engineer.

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FBI agents search a house in Houma, La. as part of an investigation into Tai Kuo, a businessman. Kuo convinced two U.S. government employees to give him classified information, which he then passed to an official in China. Kuo pleaded guilty to conspiracy to deliver national defense information to China and was initially sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison. That was reduced last summer to five years, thanks to his cooperation with authorities.

Associated Press/2008

Larry Wu-Tai Chin, a retired CIA analyst, arrives at U.S. Magistrates Court in Alexandria, Virginia. Chin, 63, was brought before a U.S. Magistrate to be formally charged with espionage and conspiracy. In 1986, the naturalized U.S. citizen admitted to spying for China during his almost three decades with the CIA.

Associated Press/1985

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China, ever more powerful, has become a major instigator of espionage in the United States. At least 57 defendants have been involved in federal prosecutions since 2008 in espionage conspiracies with China or efforts to pass classified information, sensitive technology or trade secrets to intelligence operatives, state-sponsored entities, private individuals or businesses in China.