The US Navy is considering espionage charges against an officer involved in intelligence collection who is suspected of passing secret information to China and Taiwan.
Lieutenant Commander Edward Lin, a naturalised US citizen born in Taiwan, worked on naval spy aircraft, according to US officials. As well as potential espionage charges — rare for a member of the military on active duty — Lt Cmdr Lin is facing accusations of adultery and hiring a prostitute.
The charges were aired last Friday at a so-called Article 32 hearing, the military equivalent of a grand jury, and have been published in heavily redacted form. The case was first reported by USNI News, which is managed by the US Naval Institute.
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