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U.S. Navy officer suspected of passing secrets to Taiwan, China

Lieutenant Commander Edward Lin U.S. Navy flight officer with knowledge of sensitive American intelligence collection methods faces espionage charges

A U.S. Navy flight officer with knowledge of sensitive American intelligence collection methods faces espionage charges over suspicions he passed secret information to Taiwan and possibly to China, U.S. officials said.

U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, identified the suspect as Lieutenant Commander Edward Lin, who was born in Taiwan and later became a naturalized U.S. citizen, according to a Navy article profiling him in 2008.

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