Former CIA Officer Admits to Spying for China in Honolulu Court

Former CIA officer Alexander Yuk Ching Ma pleaded guilty in a Honolulu courtroom to conspiring to deliver national defense information to China. Ma, who has been in custody since 2020, admitted to providing classified information to Chinese intelligence officers for over a decade. The plea agreement includes a 10-year sentence, though a judge will finalize the sentencing. Ma's cooperation with the U.S. government is part of the deal, which also involves debriefings and polygraph examinations.