In the Divine Comedy’s “Dante’s Inferno,” traitors to their country are sentenced to the ninth circle of hell — and are sentenced to an even harsher punishment than Cain, the biblical figure who committed the first murder in human history when he killed his brother Abel.
Someone needs to clear a spot for Kun Shan Chun.
An FBI electronics technician with a top security clearance pleaded guilty on Monday to funneling photographs of FBI documents and other sensitive information to China.
Prosecutors in federal court in Manhattan charged Chun – a naturalized U.S. citizen who goes by “Joey Chun” – with making false statements in connection with his security clearance to cover up his connections to Chinese associates that included at least one unnamed government official.
Chun, 46, threatened American security by acting as an unauthorized foreign agent, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in statement. Because he was an FBI employee, the threat “was all the more serious and the betrayal all the more duplicitous,” the prosecutor added.
Chun, who was released after the plea, declined to speak to reporters as he left the courthouse.
Court papers allege that after beginning work for the FBI’s Computerized Central Monitoring Facility, Chun cultivated a relationship with Chinese associates seeking technological data and other information.
In 2013, Chun downloaded an FBI organizational chart from his FBI computer in Manhattan and later turned it over to an unnamed Chinese official, the papers say.
About two years later, he “took photographs of documents displayed in a restricted area of the FBI’s New York Field Office, which summarized sensitive details regarding multiple surveillance technologies used by the FBI,” the papers say. He later used his personal cellphone to send the photos to China, they add.
Authorities say Chun was rewarded for his treachery with cash, free travel and other favors for himself and his family.
The court papers cite one email exchange in which a Chinese associate wrote about treating Chun and his future wife to a trip to France and Italy with “five-star hotels the entire way.” During a conversation with an undercover investigator, he claimed his associates also sometimes paid for prostitutes for him, the papers say.
We would expect no less.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Congress sends American jobs and industry to a repressive communist regime. Why?
Because of cheaper labor in China, companies make more money… but in the long term, China will copy and run out these American Firms..
In the early 1980’s, Sony’s founder, Akio Morita stated that America is doing to hollow the very structure of the wealth creators, manufacturing industries.
It has been going on for the past 35 years or so; Japan is also did similar things too, though much less than USA. The result has been spectacular that China has received most the current technologies that she needs to be so aggressive to compete and defeat the West and now China has become a major threats to security of Asia, Us and the rest of the free world.
American industrial managers/owners have been so self centered to enrich themselves that has sadly resulted steep decline of the middle-class incomes; average incomes have been far less than the japanese middle class, only a half now I believe. America’s innovations have become only third ranking in the world; Japanese first, US second, China third, and germany fourth.
Educational system in the US has been rigged so badly that math and science of the US students are like almost last of 60 countries.
However, God is now reading to change every aspect of the US society to revive her as he is bring the greatest awakening; a synergy of the ages for he promised to the funding fathers of this great nation; do not believe that many of the founding fathers were freemasons that is the lie of the devil and to the contrary most of the fathers were Christians; read The question of Freemasonry and the Founding fathers by David Barton, a noted historian.
I am very hopeful that God will restore the America He established in this great country. Amen.
Your attack on the Freemasons is ill founded! Freemasonry exalts Christianity in every way. Anyone who does not recognize this is working for the annihilation of Christianity because the staunchest supporters of Christianity are FREEMASONS!
Our federal government and the FBI are a disgrace. FBI Director Comey needs to be removed from his position. There have been so many negative stories out lately about the FBI, including the most negative of Comey himself providing evidence to support an indictment against Hillary, yet saying that despite the evidence, he did not think it warranted an indictment. Add to that the FBI’s interviews of Omar Mateen several times due to reports that he appeared to be connecting with terrorists groups, and of course, the FBI did nothing, and then Omar Mateen killed 49 and injured another 100. Wow. Now this. Time for someone to investigate the FBI to see what is going on, and provide new leadership.
Simple answer-take him and his whole family out for a firing squad of US. Vets. Kill all those red asshole and let God sort them out!
Was he hired by Hillary?
Sounds like we thought Chun was working for America, and in the end, he was working for Obama.
I have only one question. Why did he leave the courthouse at all?!!!!!….why isn’t this puke locked up right now!….we have lost our way as a country folks….
That’s what I THOUGHT! Of course, with a plea deal in place, they should have put him on the an plane and flown him back to China immediately. That’s what FDR did to the Japanese diplomats after Pearl Harbor.
LMAO! RELEASED HIM?????????????? TRUMP WE NEED YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Why would the USA not prosecute?
Merriam-Webster
Full Definition of treason 1
: the betrayal of a trust : treachery2
: the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance or to kill or personally injure the sovereign or the sovereign’s family
USA Punishment for Treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and …
18 U.S. Code § 2381 – Treason | US Law | LII / Legal Information
Why was he released after his plea? This man should get to spend the rest of his life in an American prison cell. I’m going to guess the Chinese government will have another free flight for him and his family back to a heroes welcome in China.
How can they prosecute him while letting Hillary off the hook?
Just what does it take for our government to really protect our assets, secrets, operational procedures, all the technology that is used by the military and on and on. Back in the 80’s, a scientist at Los Alamos some how got classified data related to the W-88 bomb sent to China. Viola, the Chinese, “developed” a compact atomic weapon. Check out the stealth plane the Chinese are flying. How much of our knowledge must we lose via these so-called naturalized “citizens”. With the foreign
governments hacking our industrial base, effectively stealing our research and development work, there is something wrong here. The paper work from the founders of this country is still applicable, but the newer “rules” and “laws” we have today need harsher punishments to let people know we are tired of the foreign B/S. I doubt if we will ever hear from Mr Chun again. Then because he did such a great job, the FBI will hire another “naturalized” person. And then have non-disclosure documents to keep those that are lining their pockets out of jail. Some body please find some common sense out there.
What’s the difference between this guy and what HRC did with her private server open to anyone who wanted the information? Oh, that’s right she is above the law.
WHY EVEN BOTHER WITH POOR JOEY CHUN, WHEN THE SEC. OF STATE GAVE THE CHINESE EVERYTHING THEY WANTED FOR A DONATION TO THE CLINTON FOUNDATION! WHAT THE HELL WHY PICK ON JOEY! WHEN THE PROBLEM IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE. WHAT A CROCK OF CORRUPTION. MAY THEY ALL ROT IN HELL.
Did this fellow maintain dual or even multiple citizenships?
Jim
Aline ..i think you are right.
She probably paid him a few million
He goes to prison for two years
Then he’s free and rich. It was
Probably someone from her own
Campaign who released the
Information. She’s got a bad
Record with her e mails.
Aline ..i think you are right.
She probably paid him a few million
He goes to prison for two years
Then he’s free and rich. It was
Probably someone from her own
Campaign who released the
Information. She’s got a bad
Record with her e mails.