AMERICAN prosecutors indicted a former CIA analyst on charges of working as an agent for the South Korean government which ran for more than a decade.
A 31-page indictment filed before a federal court in New York on Monday accused Sue Mi Terry of disclosing sensitive U.S. government information to the South Korean government but did not register as a foreign agent with American officials.
She faces two counts of failing to register as a foreign agent and conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Born in Seoul, Terry moved to the United States at the age of 12. She previously worked as a senior official for the White House National Security Council. Terry is also a senior fellow for Korea studies at the Council on Foreign Relations think tank, with expertise on East Asian issues such as North Korea.
She allegedly started spying for South Korea in October 2013, or five years after she left the CIA.
For nearly ten years, Terry used her position as a respected foreign policy expert to access and disclose sensitive U.S. government information to South Korean intelligence as well as to influence U.S. policy in favor of South Korea.
The 54-year-old former CIA analyst is said to have an expensive taste as she accepted luxurious rewards in exchange for working as a spy for South Korea.
These rewards included a $3,450 Louis Vuitton handbag, a $2,845 Dolce & Gabbana coat, and high-end sushi dinners, to name a few.
Terry denied the charges against her while her attorney said the allegations against her client were “unfounded”, adding that the former CIA analyst was, in fact, a harsh critic of the South Korean government.
