Ching Ning Guey; Chinese spy in the TVA

According to the USAToday, Ching Ning Guey, a former Taiwanese citizen, was a manager for the Tennessee Valley Authority and he’s been selling our nuclear secrets to the Chinese government through Szuhsiung “Allen” Ho and his firm, Energy Technology International; and China General Nuclear Power since the early 1990s. Lucky for Guey, the feds want Ho more than they want his ass;

Prosecutors allege that Ho conspired to lure nuclear experts in the U.S. into providing information that would allow China to produce nuclear material based on American technology but under the radar of the U.S. government. The indictment consists of one count of conspiracy to illegally engage and participate in the production and development of special nuclear material outside the U.S. and one count of conspiracy to act in the U.S. as an agent of a foreign government.

Six unidentified American co-conspirators were listed in the indictment. Guey was among them although not identified by name.

Guey reached a plea deal with the feds for aiding them in their case against Ho. Guey will plead guilty to a charge of development of special nuclear material outside the U.S. and the feds will look the other way on the espionage charges and the fact that the Chinese government paid him for the classified information they gleaned from him.

[I]n November 2013, Guey was invited to travel to China at the request of a nuclear power company owned by the People’s Republic of China. The Chinese government financed the trip, and the Chinese government paid Guey for three key Electric Power Research Institute reports that the country was barred from accessing, Atchley wrote.

All three reports provided key information about light and heavy nuclear water reactors and are regulated by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Nonproliferation and International Security.

I suppose it’s good work if you can find it.

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