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Hong Kong resident Jerry Chun Shing Lee, ex-CIA officer accused of spying for China, expected to plead guilty
- A hearing to change his plea has been set for Wednesday afternoon, but no plea is final until it is entered in court and approved by the judge
- Lee is one of three former intelligence operatives accused of spying for China in the past two years
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A former CIA officer is expected to plead guilty over a year after being arrested and charged with conspiracy to spy for China and unlawful retention of classified information.
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Jerry Chun Shing Lee was scheduled to go to trial this week, having maintained through a lawyer that he was a “loyal American”.
But a hearing to change his plea has been set for Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Alexandria before Judge T.S. Ellis III.
Prosecutors would not provide further details, and no plea is final until it is entered in court and approved by the judge.
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Lee is one of three former intelligence operatives accused of spying for China in the past two years.

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