Бывший агент ФБР признал хранение сотен секретных документов в своем доме

By Steve Neavling Dozens of secret national security documents followed former FBI agent Yen Cham Yung into retirement and remained in his Colorado Springs home, he admitted in federal court Wednesday, The Chicago Tribune reports. Yung, 62, pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of unlawfully possessing government property more than six years after his arrest. The charges covered FBI-owned electronics, including camera equipment and two early-model BlackBerry phones, but Yung also acknowledged taking at least 69 documents containing “secret information,” some involving terrorism and national defense. Agents searching the home found another 7,000 unclassified documents, along with 141 floppy disks, 66 CDs and DVDs, 16 thumb drives, seven videocassettes, and two credit cards issued under Yung’s undercover alias. Some of the drives were marked “SECRET U.S. Government Property.” Yung joined the FBI in 1996 and served in Chicago, Hawaii, Washington, D.C., Indonesia, and Colorado Springs before retiring in 2016. The records were discovered after his wife obtained a protective order and searched their home for documents related to their separation. Prosecutors didn’t accuse Yung of selling or sharing the information. Asked by U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin to explain his conduct, Yung said he took the materials home and kept them “knowing I should not have.” He faces between six months and three years in prison when he is sentenced Dec. 7.