Former Clinton State Dept Employee Arrested - Concealed Numerous Foreign Intelligence Contacts
The Washington Standard ^ | 04-13-2017 | Tim Brown
Posted on 4/13/2017, 1:15:38 PM by ReformedMedia
I, both felony offenses, for allegedly concealing numerous contacts that she had over a period of years with foreign intelligence agents, according to a federal complaint that was unsealed at the end of March.
Ms. Claiborne began working as an Office Management Specialist for the Department of State in 1999. She has served overseas at a number of posts, including embassies and consulates in Baghdad, Iraq, Khartoum, Sudan, and Beijing and Shanghai, China.
According to a statement by the Justice Department:
As a condition of her employment, Claiborne maintains a Top Secret security clearance. Claiborne also is required to report any contacts with persons suspected of affiliation with a foreign intelligence agency.
Despite such a requirement, the affidavit alleges, Claiborne failed to report repeated contacts with two intelligence agents of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), even though these agents provided tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and benefits to Claiborne and her family over five years.
According to the affidavit, the gifts and benefits included cash wired to Claiborne’s USAA account, an Apple iPhone and laptop computer, Chinese New Year’s gifts, meals, international travel and vacations, tuition at a Chinese fashion school, a fully furnished apartment, and a monthly stipend. Some of these gifts and benefits were provided directly to Claiborne, the affidavit alleges, while others were provided through a co-conspirator.
Claiborne wrote in her journal that she could "Generate 20k in 1 year" by simply working with one of the PRC agents. After wiring Claiborne $2,480, the agent then asked for Ms. Claiborne to provide internal U.S. Government analyses on a U.S.-Sino Strategic Economic Dialogue that had just concluded in May 2011.
She failed to report the incident as required. At least two other co-conspirators are named in the affidavit.
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