April 11, 2016
By Bill Chappell
A naval officer faces charges (click here) that range from espionage to adultery in a case involving the U.S. Navy's Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, which collects signals intelligence. Both the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service are investigating the officer, identified as Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin.
Lin "wrongfully transported material classified as Secret" and didn't report that material being compromised; he's also accused of failing to report foreign contacts, according to a charging document that emerged after a preliminary hearing Friday.
That charge sheet is heavily redacted, with black bars placed over names and dates. But U.S. officials confirmed Lin's identity after reports emerged that an active-duty naval officer has been held in a brig in Virginia for eight months after being arrested on charges of spying for a foreign power....
But, that isn't what is most interesting.
Remember this plane? Come on, everyone recognizes this plane unless perhaps one is a millennial.
Remember, right?
Bush and Cheney pushed their limits as they did with everything. Then the plane was captured. I think there was a Chinese airman killed when it intercepted this spy plane.
July 3, 2001
By Paul Eckert
By Bill Chappell
A naval officer faces charges (click here) that range from espionage to adultery in a case involving the U.S. Navy's Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, which collects signals intelligence. Both the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service are investigating the officer, identified as Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin.
Lin "wrongfully transported material classified as Secret" and didn't report that material being compromised; he's also accused of failing to report foreign contacts, according to a charging document that emerged after a preliminary hearing Friday.
That charge sheet is heavily redacted, with black bars placed over names and dates. But U.S. officials confirmed Lin's identity after reports emerged that an active-duty naval officer has been held in a brig in Virginia for eight months after being arrested on charges of spying for a foreign power....
But, that isn't what is most interesting.Remember this plane? Come on, everyone recognizes this plane unless perhaps one is a millennial.
Remember, right?
Bush and Cheney pushed their limits as they did with everything. Then the plane was captured. I think there was a Chinese airman killed when it intercepted this spy plane.
July 3, 2001
By Paul Eckert
The dismantled U.S. EP-3 spy plane (click here) held on China's Hainan Island since April was flown out to the United States today, the U.S. Pacific Command said.
The departure of the EP-3 more than a week ahead of schedule removes a major impediment to improving U.S.-China relations.
"The final flight of the AN-124 carrying the EP-3 departed Lingshui at 4:45 a.m. EST," the Hawaii-based U.S. Pacific Command Web site said.
Lingshui is the Chinese air base where the EP-3 was held since April 1, when it made an emergency landing after colliding with an intercepting Chinese fighter jet.
China held the 24-member EP-3 crew for 11 days after the collision in a standoff that roiled U.S.-China relations in the first months of the Bush administration....
The thing is this. China already had cover for any information it may have obtained from Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin. Except for really recent information with a date attached to it, China could say it has advanced hardware adapted from the spy plane it dismantled in 2001. With such an excuse there was cover for any activity by Commander Lin.
The thing is this. China already had cover for any information it may have obtained from Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin. Except for really recent information with a date attached to it, China could say it has advanced hardware adapted from the spy plane it dismantled in 2001. With such an excuse there was cover for any activity by Commander Lin.
