Document: Lee Arrest Affidavit
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The FBI has arrested former CIA agent Jerry Chun Shing Lee. The New York Times reported Tuesday evening that Lee is suspected of providing classified information to the Chinese government that helped Beijing dismantle American spy networks in China. The following document is the FBI's affidavit, dated Jan. 13, establishing probable cause for Lee's arrest.
Matthew Kahn is a third-year law student at Harvard Law School and a contributor at Lawfare. Prior to law school, he worked for two years as an associate editor of Lawfare and as a junior researcher at the Brookings Institution. He graduated from Georgetown University in 2017.
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