Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Former U.S. Intelligence Officer Gets 10 Years In Prison For Selling Secrets To China


Daily Mail: Former U.S. intelligence officer, 60, sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to give defense information to Chinese Intelligence Service agents

* Former U.S. intelligence officer Ron Rockwell Hansen, 60, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in March
* Hansen was sentenced by a federal judge on Tuesday in Salt Lake City, Utah
* He attempted to pass U.S. defense information to the People's Republic of China's Intelligence Service agents between 2013 and 2017
* He reportedly received $800,000 for sharing the information

A former U.S. intelligence officer from Utah who pleaded guilty to attempting to pass defense information to China was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Ron Rockwell Hansen, 60, was sentenced by a federal judge on Tuesday in inside a Salt Lake City courtroom, according to an announcement from the Department of Justice.

He told the judge he was sorry for the 'pain and damage' he caused his loved ones.

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WNU Editor: Only ten years!?!? He is lucky.

More News On A Former U.S. Intelligence Officer Getting 10 Years In Prison For Selling Secrets To China

Ex-U.S. intelligence officer gets 10 years in Chinese espionage case -- Reuters
Ex-US intelligence officer Ron Rockwell Hansen ‘so sorry’ as he gets 10 years in Chinese espionage case -- SCMP/AP
Ex-DIA Officer Gets 10 Years in Prison for Spying for China -- Washington Free Beacon
Former U.S. intelligence agent gets 10 years in prison for selling secrets to China -- UPI

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

@WNU

Somewhat I agree. To sell to China is worse than selling to Russia even.

But.
He's 60.

He was probably desperate for money.

It's his choice and it was the wrong choice, but I get it and that's why he likely only got 10 years (this and his guilty plea ofc which was a formality in his case)

Anonymous said...

The USG is lucky.

In 10 years he will be 70. He will live another 10 to 15 years on what? Social Security and no family most likely. He is losing his military/pension.retainer. Will he lose his federal pension? I figure he will suicide.

In any case USG has a bed open for the next prisoner and less of a chance of overcrowding and a lib judge messing with them. Liberals will lose, because Hansen will not increase the prisoner headcount and it will take away one of their bogus talking points.

Anonymous said...

Desperate for money?

Army pension
Federal job pension

Desperate for money needs an accounting spreadsheet and a comparison to other American's budgets.

Maybe he is a place for B Poster to shine (or to fail).

Anonymous said...

List of Chinese spy cases in the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_spy_cases_in_the_United_States


1 Dongfan Chung
2 Larry Wu-Tai Chin
3 Glenn Duffie Shriver
4 Katrina Leung
5 Peter Lee
6 Chi Mak
7 Moo Ko-Suen
8 Wen Ho Lee
9 Fei Ye and Ming Zhong
10 Lan Lee and Yuefei Ge
11 Gregg Bergersen and Tai Shen Kuo
12 Anne Lockwood, Michael Haehnel, and Fuping Liu
13 Bryan Underwood
14 Bo Jiang
15 Hua Jun Zhao
16 Walter Liew
17 Guoqing Cao and Shuyu Li
18 Sherry Chen
19 Xiaoxing Xi
20 Szuhsiung Ho
21 Edward C. Lin
22 Kun Shan Chun
23 Candace Marie Claiborne
24 Kevin Mallory
25 Jerry Chun Shing Lee
26 Xu Jiaqiang
27 Shuren Qin
28 Ron Rockwell Hansen
29 Ji Chaoqun
30 Yanjun Xu
31 Zhang Yujing
32 Xudong Yao
33 Yi-Chi Shih
34 Yu Zhou and Li Chen


"But Russia!" - LIBTARD on JIHAD


Anonymous said...

"Hansen, who is from Syracuse, Utah, received at least $800,000 from China between 2013 and 2016 when he had serious financial trouble"


There are other people at his GS level.

Are they making it or are they also IN SERIOUS FINANCIAL TROUBLE?

This needs to be expounded on in detail. We need a financial post mortem.

Anonymous said...

How his case was handled is a message for bigger fish who will be fried in the future.

B.Poster said...

Anon (901)

Everything you say is fully accurate until the last sentence. I have nothing to do with the traitor who sold secrets to China. I agree with the editor that he is "lucky."

My posts are always focused on careful analysis and are always from an Ametica first position. You'd know this if you took the time to read them. Besides I've already provided info on how you can find me. I have no ties either to US (un)intelligence or this evil person.

Anonymous said...

I have a problem with Hansen

I economize. I have not bought a new car since 2000.

Hansen's financial problems have to be dissected and studied.

He has not said he is sorry. He said he is sorry for his family (& presumably for himself). It is an open question whether he chance it again if he was assured his family would not suffer.

Anonymous said...

B Poster

Everything I wrote was accurate including the last sentence.

You could carefully analyze Hansen;s desperate financial position as an accountant.

B.Poster said...

You appear to accuse me of being a traitor. This isn't accurate and is insulting. You're probably the same anonymous poster who accuses me of being Russian. This is inaccurate as well. I've provided ample info for you to verify this. You haven't even taken the time to ",find out" yet you persist in slandering me.

As an accountant, I can analyze a financial position. It takes time and my time is very, very limited right now.

This person actively sought to undermine Anericsn interests whereas I seek to advance them in all areas. I will reiterate as the editor states he's very lucky.

B.Poster said...

The financial issues would need to be "dissected and studied." For this one would need full and unfettered access to all pertinent information. It doesn't excuse the actions regardless. His sentence is very lenient or so it would seem. If time permits, I will study this in more detail.

Anonymous said...

Appear?

Such an accusation!

B.Poster said...

The "last sentence" appears to accuse me of treason. Perhaps I misunderstand. Please provide a concrete example. Perhaps a position needs to be clarified and if I'm in error I'm always trying to learn.

Anonymous said...

Proof is in the pudding

B.Poster said...

"Proof is in the pudding." Then it would need to be supplied as it is a very serious accusation. Such proof hasn't been supplied.

Ron Hansen has been convicted of providing military secrets to China with the intent of harming Smerica which would be treason in and of itself. Not only this but he did so for financial gain. He sold us out and may have endangered all of us. The traitor should have gotten worse.

The article seems to imply that he provided something if value to the government to help them identify such traitors in the future. Perhaps this explains the light sentence.

The policies we should peruse to advance our interests are matters reasonable people can and will disagree on. Such differences do not constitute treason. I'm happy to discuss policy differences and I will address them as time permits. If I'm in error, correction is always appreciated. As has been said, always be willing to challenge our preconceptions.

B.Poster said...

I meant "...with the intent of harming America..." I apologize for the typo

B.Poster said...

"Maybe he is a place for B Poster to shine (or to fail). Having reread your post perhaps you are suggesting I should audit his books and records. I certainly would be well qualified to do this. I'm actually more qualified than the people the government normally hires for this sort of thing.

I wasn't sure why you were linking me to Mr. Hansen in some way. Being very busy perhaps I missed it. The government would actually do well to contract with me for things like this. There's nothing better than flushing out traitors!! If the government wishes to contract with me for this sort of thing, ample information has been supplied through this website and elsewhere for them to find me and to contact me.:-)

Anonymous said...

B Imposter,

I never implied you colluded with Hansen. Nor will I directly allege it either. It is not true., so I would not.

B.Poster said...

You are correct. I was pressed for tinlme and misread your initial post. My mistake. I apologize.

"Imposter" suggests you are accusing me of not being honest and Frank as to my identity and/or my positions on this site. I've already provided you and anyone else who wants to verify my identity all information that would be needed and I've always been very forthcoming as to my positions and have been willing to be corrected when in error. As a result of careful study which includes this site, I have altered my preconceptions more than once and fully expect to do so in the future.

Perhaps "imposter" is meant as snark. As I've said, I'm happy to discuss any post as time permits. Insults are unnecessary.

Anonymous said...

How many people here are on medication? The dialogues and verbosity here omg o_O