Sue Mi Terry is accused of helping South Korea in exchange for cash, luxury bags, fancy meals and expensive clothes.
  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    5 months ago

    This is funny considering the state department has direct contacts within SK’s government who provide real-time info about the president’s conversation with his government members.

    • circuscritic@lemmy.caEnglish
      19·
      5 months ago

      Allies spy on each other, it’s not unusual or shocking.

      Eventually she will be exchanged as part of some backroom deal, or in exchange for someone imprisoned in SK for providing information to the CIA.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      10·
      5 months ago

      All countries spy on all other countries, generally speaking. Exceptions are usually going to be down to resource constraints, not principles.

      As an asset you still go to jail if you get caught. Or killed in potentially nasty ways, if it’s a less democratic country.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      I imagine they don’t pay you if you don’t work there, at the very least, and clearance only lasts as long as you keep it up to date.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    5·
    5 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    A New York grand jury has indicted a former US Central Intelligence Agency analyst on charges of acting as a spy for the South Korean government in exchange for cash, luxury goods, bags and fancy meals.

    Federal officials say Ms Terry - a prominent US expert on North Korea - acted as an agent for the South Korean government for over a decade, but she did not register as a foreign agent with American officials, according to court documents made public on Tuesday in the Southern District of New York.The Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank where Ms Terry works as a senior fellow on Asia, has placed her on unpaid leave, a spokesperson told US outlets.

    She is known to lecture in English and Korean.Ms Terry, 54, then went on to work as a senior analyst for the CIA from 2001 to 2008, before holding a variety of posts in the federal government, including as Director for Korea, Japan, and Oceanic Affairs at the National Security Council during the George W Bush and Barack Obama administrations.

    In the 31-page indictment, officials say Ms Terry admitted to FBI agents in a voluntary interview in 2023 that she was a “source” for South Korea’s National Intelligence Service.

    The indictment alleges that the South Korean government gifted Ms Terry a $2,845 (£2,100) Dolce & Gabbana coat, a $3,450 Louis Vuitton handbag and meals at upscale restaurants.Officials say the government also gave her $37,000 and came up with a plan to hide the source of the funds, ultimately placing them in a gift fund at the think tank where she worked.

    Ms Terry’s indictment comes just a day after Democratic Senator Robert Menendez was convicted of helping foreign governments in exchange for luxury items including gold bars and a Mercedes car.

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  • Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    5 months ago

    Is it just me or is the CIA and inept network. They let a double agent giving secrets to Russia go for decades.

    • blackbelt352@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      The thing with intelligence agencies isn’t about the information they collect or apread but the means and methods of they collect or spread information.

      If ABC intelligence agency knows someone is a double agent feeding state secrets to XYZ foreign agency, that double agent can go be unknowingly molded into an asset for ABC by feeding them inaccurate information, or their patterns can be used to uncover other undiscovered agents and gain insights into other potential security holes.