Convicted EX-DIA Officer Ron Hanson and 2 arrested EX-CIA officers Spyed Using Chinese Cell Phones (Huewai & Xanda)
Hmmm, this Ron Rockwell Hansen reminds me a lot of Mark Zuckerberg. Wonder it Ol' Zucky will walk the same walk, or not?
Q's link on Hanson: https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept/status/1106671946731831297
I found this old article on Hansen here: https://freebeacon.com/national-security/ex-dia-official-charged-beijing-spy-used-chinese-cell-phones/ Below are excerpts I've highlighted from this link that discuss Hanson's use of Huawei and Chinese cell phones:
Hanson used Chinese cell phones to communicate with his spy handlers
arrested as he planned to travel to China
attempts by Hansen to become … a deceptive triple agent
who pretends to be a recruited Chinese spy and
who then shifted loyalty to American intelligence
but in reality supplies secrets to Beijing.
Hansen is the (((third former U.S. intelligence charged with spying for China))) in recent months
Last week, the espionage trial of former CIA officer Kevin Mallory began in Alexandria, Va. Mallory is charged with using a
special mobile device to send classified documents via secure messages to Chinese intelligence.
Another former CIA officer, Jerry Chun Shing Lee, was arrested in January on spy charges …
The 41-page FBI complaint outlines Hansen's career as
a Mandarin-speaking (like Zuck)
former Army warrant officer who worked for DIA from 2000 to 2006 with experience in both electronic intelligence and human spying operations. He held a top-secret security clearance.
Covert searches of his luggage by Customs officials during several trips to China revealed that
he carried two Chinese cell phones made by Xanda and Huawei
—Chinese telecommunications companies. The phones were used to communicate with Chinese intelligence services including Ministry of State Security (MSS) officers. The MSS is China's civilian spy agency.
One of the
Chinese phones was configured to communicate with a Ministry of State Security spy handler
identified in court papers as an MSS officer named Max Tong. During a meeting with FBI agents, Hansen said
the Chinese gave him a Xanda cell phone to communicate directly with a Chinese MSS officer
named Martin Chen. Searches of his luggage revealed a
Xanda phone … had been used to call a Chinese intelligence officer
Then during a 2017 airport search, Hansen was found in possession of
a Huawei smart phone
that was searched and found to have been used to communicate with Chen—one of the MSS handlers.
"Hansen's use of multiple cell phones to communicate covertly with intelligence officers is consistent with case officer tradecraft training Hansen received from DIA to communicate securely with human sources," the FBI said.
Disclosure of the use of Chinese telecommunications gear for spy communications comes as the Trump administration is debating whether to lift sanctions against the Chinese telecommunications firm ZTE as part of trade negotiations.
The Pentagon has banned the use of both companies' cell phones over the spying concerns.
According to the FBI, Hansen told the DIA official that China would pay up to $200,000 for the U.S. military's "China ops plan" for military intervention against China. The Chinese were seeking information from Hansen about the views of various politicians toward China.
Chinese intelligence as of March 2018 was also seeking secret information on U.S. positions on North Korea, South Korea, and China.
The DIA official acting as an FBI informant was also asked by Hansen to provide a briefing for
Chinese intelligence officers in Mexico.