FBI arrests California man for delivering US secrets to China
By DW
01 October 2019 |
2:22 pm
A California tour guide has been charged with delivering classified information to China. FBI Director Christopher Wray says the country poses a more serious intelligence threat to the US than any other — even Russia.
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