U.S. official, Chinese nationals face spying charges

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Defense Department analyst and several Chinese nationals who were facing spy charges Monday for allegedly selling military secrets to the Chinese government, officials said.

The FBI raided a home in an upscale, uptown New Orleans neighborhood Monday morning in connection with an espionage case that snared three people, including the defense analyst, law enforcement officials said. The other two are Chinese nationals from New Orleans.

All three are accused of selling U.S. data intended for Taiwan to the Chinese government in Beijing, according to the law enforcement officials. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the case, based in Virginia's eastern district that prosecutes crimes at the Pentagon, had not yet been made public.

In a separate case, officials said prosecutors in Los Angeles would charge another Chinese national who worked for a technology company until 2006 with selling sensitive military data to the Chinese government.

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