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US journalist jailed for 2 years for spying for China

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A US journalist, Thomas Weir Pauken II, has been sentenced to two years in prison for acting as an agent of China. Pauken, who also used the alias Tom McGregor, admitted to spying for China, recruiting intelligence assets, and receiving over $100,000. He was also given three years of supervised release and restricted from international travel. AI

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US journalist jailed for 2 years for spying for China

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Khushboo Razdan ·

    US journalist jailed for 2 years for working as a Chinese agent

    An American journalist who lived in Beijing, worked for Chinese state media and pleaded guilty to helping Beijing collect US intelligence was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in federal prison. Thomas Weir Pauken II, 51, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release an…

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