US Navy Officer Allegedly Admitted to Spying
US Navy officer to stand trial on espionage charges
US Navy officer faces rare espionage charge, suspected of spying for Taiwan, Beijing, or both
A U.S. Navy officer with access to highly sensitive intelligence allegedly admitted to spying and patronizing prostitutes. The alleged acknowledgement came during a two-day interrogation following his arrest at an airport in Hawaii last September.
The revelation is the latest in a series of twists and turns in the case of Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin, who has been in U.S. custody for eight months but whose case only became public following a hearing April 8.
Lin’s service record states that he enlisted in the Navy in late 1999 and was commissioned as a naval flight officer in May 2002. His last duty station before being arrested was with Special Projects Patrol Squadron 2 in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, from February 2014 to March 2016. The unit flies the P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, searching for enemy submarines and performing reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering operations in the Pacific.
In the meantime, Lin's family has come to his defense, with a website proclaiming his innocence.
It accuses the U.S. government of concocting an "easy-to-digest, sensationalized tale of espionage, misdirection, and sexual perversion."
Hawaii Sailor 'Dogged' to Become U.S. Citizen - Lin on becoming a naturalized citizen.
Home - the family website set up to support Edward Lin.
US Navy officer to stand trial on espionage charges
US Navy officer faces rare espionage charge, suspected of spying for Taiwan, Beijing, or both
A U.S. Navy officer with access to highly sensitive intelligence allegedly admitted to spying and patronizing prostitutes. The alleged acknowledgement came during a two-day interrogation following his arrest at an airport in Hawaii last September.
The revelation is the latest in a series of twists and turns in the case of Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin, who has been in U.S. custody for eight months but whose case only became public following a hearing April 8.
Lin’s service record states that he enlisted in the Navy in late 1999 and was commissioned as a naval flight officer in May 2002. His last duty station before being arrested was with Special Projects Patrol Squadron 2 in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, from February 2014 to March 2016. The unit flies the P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, searching for enemy submarines and performing reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering operations in the Pacific.
In the meantime, Lin's family has come to his defense, with a website proclaiming his innocence.
It accuses the U.S. government of concocting an "easy-to-digest, sensationalized tale of espionage, misdirection, and sexual perversion."
Hawaii Sailor 'Dogged' to Become U.S. Citizen - Lin on becoming a naturalized citizen.
Home - the family website set up to support Edward Lin.
