Another cover up.Remember James J. Smith James J. Smith, aka "JJ" is a retired FBI Supervisory Special agent. He served the FBI from October 1970 to November 2000 and specialized in Chinese counterintelligence. He was based in the FBI's Los Angeles field office. He lives in Westlake Village, California. , the FBI agent who carried on a 20-year affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese double agent? At Smith's behest be·hest n. 1. An authoritative command. 2. An urgent request: I called the office at the behest of my assistant. , the FBI paid her $1.7 million to provide us with intelligence while she was using her trysts with him to lift confidential documents from his briefcase and copy them. In May, he was allowed to plead guilty to a simple charge of having concealed the affair. This will enable him to avoid prison time and keep his pension. Why is he being treated so gently? The speculation is that the FBI wants to protect higher-ups who authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: the payment even though they knew about the affair. A "former senior law enforcement official" tells Eric Lichtblau Eric Lichtblau is an American journalist and Washington bureau reporter for The New York Times. Lichtblau joined The Times in September 2002 as a correspondent covering the Justice Department. of The New, York Times: "This is a way of silencing J.J., because if you put him on trial he will allege To state, recite, assert, or charge the existence of particular facts in a Pleading or an indictment; to make an allegation. allege v. that everyone up the chain of command knew what he was doing." The Times does not mention another FBI agent who played around with the same woman. Doesn't it seem possible that his story is something else the FBI does not want to see further explored? |
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