Taiwan military sales, space shuttle secrets were allegedly sought by China

WASHINGTON - A Defense Department analyst and a former engineer for Boeing Co. were charged Monday in separate cases with selling military secrets to the Chinese government, the Justice Department said.

Additionally, two Chinese immigrants accused of working with the defense analyst were arrested after an FBI raid Monday morning on a New Orleans home where one of them lived.

The two cases — based in Alexandria, Va., and Los Angeles — have no connection, and investigators said it was merely a coincidence that charges would be brought against both on the same day.

In a statement, the Justice Department said that New Orleans residents Tai Shen Kuo, 58, and Yu Xin Kang, as well as Gregg William Bergersen, 51, of Alexandria, Va., were arrested and charged.

"Foreign spying remains a serious threat in the post-Cold War world," Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein said in a statement. "The conspiracy charged in this case has all the elements of a classic espionage operation: a foreign government focused on accessing our military secrets; foreign operatives who effectively use stealth and guile to gain that access; and an American government official who is willing to betray both his oath of public office and the duty of loyalty we rightly demand from every American citizen."

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