An American intelligence officer who spied for Communist China admitted that his hatred of Trump pushed him to betray his country. The Free Beacon reports:
A former Defense Intelligence Agency officer who spied for China worked secretly as a Beijing agent for five years and revealed in an intercepted phone call he was motivated in part by hatred for President Trump.
Ron Rockwell Hansen, a DIA operations officer until 2006, was arrested June 5 and pleaded guilty on Friday in Utah to attempting to sell national defense secrets to China. He faces 15 years in prison under a plea deal. Sentencing is set for Sept. 24.
Court documents in the case reveal Hansen was motivated by both money and an affinity for China. In seeking to recruit a DIA coworker as a fellow Chinese spy, he voiced fears that Trump would start a war and said that was a reason to cooperate secretly with several Chinese intelligence agencies or branches in providing information and trying to penetrate U.S. defense and intelligence agencies to obtain secrets.
Hansen admitted in the plea agreement he met frequently with Chinese intelligence agents beginning in early 2014.
The federal government needs to do a better job of counterintelligence against deep state operatives who would be willing to sell their country out for political reasons.
There are things in his story that just don’t add up. The bottom line is that he is most likely a greedy individual that betrayed is country for money. Even so it would be strange if he did out of his hate for Trump. Isn’t he a member of the party that advocates love and tolerance?
His time line doesn’t compute.
Exactly what I was about to comment: First of all, in 2014 Obama was still president for another two years, so that does not add up. Second, WHY is he plea deal for? He last worked for DIA in 2006 and has continuously met with Chinese operatives to hand them information about America’s defense? And, he was attempting to recruit a co-worker to “commit treason” also. And, he did it all because of his “hatred for Trump?” Do we look like we have dunce caps on? Nothing here computes. He was afraid that Trump was going to start a war? With WHOM? with China? and that caused him to attempt to sell secret “National Defense” documents to china. Excuse me, besides the time line or his “reason” not computing, again, WHAT was the Plea Bargain for? Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were EXECUTED on the ELECTRIC CHAIR on June 19, 1953 for “supposedly” selling Secret Military Documents to Russia, and he is getting “maybe” up to 15 years in prison due to a plea bargain? Whom did he turn in in exchange for a light sentence or WHAT did he exchange for that. Treason has ALWAYS, since the beginning of the country been punishable by DEATH by hanging, a firing squad or, as in the case of the Rosenbergs, by electrocution. I smell a rat or FAKE news!! Doesn’t NOT compute
This person wanted to betray his country, he is just using his hatred for an excuse. He acted against the interests of this nation and no longer deserves to be a citizen of this nation. He should be deported to China.
His dislike or hatred for President Trump was a factor in his betrayal of the country. Give me a break please. To what extent was financial compensation a factor? This traitor should be executed forthwith. Why should the American Taxpayer be charged with feeding and caring for this POS. Answer is, they shouldn’t be. Shoot this piece of human trash, and bill his family for the cost of ammunition. Years ago, I had what was then a fairly high level of security clearance. At the tine, I might well have been less than happy or pleased with the president or other elected things. I was however never driven or led, by my dislike, to betray the country. This traitor should be executed, RDN, in ordinary English commentary reading Right Damned Now.
DITTO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Such an extremely lenient sentence for TREASON !! If we had been at war with China, he would have been executed. However, his treason may have still put innocent lives at risk let alone compromising our nation’s security. 15 years is a pat-a-cake sentence for such a serious crime.
It was not hatred for Trump that made this traitor betray his country. Lack of character and patriotism caused him to do so. I personally hated Obama and his apology tour of the world, but I would never even think of betraying my country. This lack of character was always in his make up, as it is in all traitor’s that caused him to spy. I personally think he needs a good execution.
Agreed. Did anyone notice that he was spying for China 5 years ago, Long before Trump even considered running for president. YET, he blames Trump for causing him to give up secrets to China. I wonder if blaming Trump got him off so lightly. I agree with the comment below also, “FRY HIM”.
F-in shoot him. Story over.
YOU, SIR, HAVE SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT. YOU AND I FELT THAT OBAMA WAS NOT A TRUE AMERICAN [A TRUE DISGRACE]. AS A VIETNAM ERA VETERAN, HE WAS REPUGNANT, AND AS YOU, I COULD NEVER SACRIFICE OUR COUNTRY AT THE LAME EXCUSE OF A “CRAP-PRESIDENT”.
THANK YOU, SIR!
Wow – bet he tuns for President in 2020!
15 years?!? WTF?!? Fry him!
When someone takes three different articles and makes them sound like one instance, I call that desperation in the worst way, one article was at least 1 year older than the other part of the story here. It surely must be illerate person reading this to not see it was made up from other articles.
Ron Rockwell Hansen received $800,000 from China for spying! The connection to TDS is tenuous!
What a lame-head, there was no Trump when this treasonist began to betray his country. Even if there was, and he actually had a fear the President would start a war, how would trying to give China the upper hand be an excuse???? President Trump had nothing to do with this traitorous action. He should be taken out and shot.
This person should get the death penalty for treason
mmmm – 2014 was before Trump even said he was going to run for president. Funny, though, how he thought by saying it was all about Trump he would be forgiven; you know – like Hillary, Obama’s entire Justice Department, and the FBI tried a soft coup, failed, and are protected by the Democrats in the Justice Dept and FBI.
So this traitorous “genius” knew years and years before DJT even announced he was running for President, he was motivated by hatred for the president?
Nope, sorry… Sounds to me like a typical Democrat that just hates America
I couldn’t agree more!! Then to only get 15 years – tell me that prosecutor isn’t a Demy too!
WTF , only 15 years ?? What a joke !
15years in a white collar prison, some punishment!
The Rosenbergs were executed for selling secrets to Russia which is treason! Hansen MUST BE EXECUTED FOR HIS TREASON!!
So treason is now just a 15 year stay at the Crossbars Hotel? Lazy friggin’ prosecutors. If that’s what we do to this treasonous scum, what will Hillary get? A slap on the wrist and community service?
He had TDS even before Trump was elected? I don’t think so.
I was thinking the same thing. This is bogus.
Just another lie told by a liberal idiot
I always thought spying for a foreign country was treason! 15 years is a gift when the punishment should be the death penalty!
Talk about Trump Derangement Syndrome. He flipped allegiance 3 years before our prez took office. 15 years is nothing Hang him on CNN as a message to all of the other libtards out there. He may have endangered thousands of lives.
This smells I think someone screwed up, his story is a big lie.
It is just amazing how anything and everything is the fault of Donald Trump. I think that the next time I am stopped by the Police for some traffic violation my defense in court will be that Nancy Pelosi made me do it. Or that Chuck Schemer’s speech on TV forced me int driving at such a high rate of speed. How about, I saw AOC on the news and felt inspired and entitled and therefore felt that I was not required to stop at the intersection even though the light was Red. What do you think the chances are that the judge will find me not guilty? This turd felt that the President would start a war with China and by him providing China with information would some how prevent this from happening. I am sending a letter to President Trump, a very angry letter. You see my family and I were having a picnic this past week-end and it rained and ruined our entire day. This based on other things I have read in the media how just about everything is in some way the fault of Donald Trump my ruined picnic is obviously his fault as well. Wake up people he did it for the money; he doesn’t give a damn about this country or the President.
He started as a spy in 2014 and Trump was not President for a few years later. He cannot blame Trump for the reason He became a spy. Sure am sick of people blaming Trump for shit they do. You deserve jail time.
Trump isn’t the issue. Our schools teaching our kids to hate our country is and will, I think, lead to more treasonous acts in the future. One thing I respect china for is they would never allow their schools to do what ours are doing. Our school system is becoming a disgrace.
According to the MSM and the hard -core anti-Trumpers, all things wrong with the world are Trump’s fault. Therefore, it is not surprising that this guy would say he was motivated by hating Trump to start spying for China 2 years before Trumps election.
Less of stretch than saying Trump is responsible for global warming, which started 12,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age.
As an aside, I am not a fan of the much of Trump’s behavior or communications, but I like a fair amount of what he has done.
Unfortunately, just as Obama was a lost opportunity for improving race relations, Trump is in some ways a lost opportunity to accomplish much of what he is trying to do. So many times he gets in his own way by alienating people. He is not going to change his style, so let’s hope he can still accomplish some things with the deck stacked against him and that his negatives do not drive a bad election outcome in 2020.
Agree, fully.
Like Michael Cohen lying and fabricating stories to cover HIS ass seems to be an epidemic in our courts ….Why did Ron Rockwell Hansen, a lying moron, give away government secrets and cooperate with Chinese spies in 2014 because he though “Trump would start a war” when he did not become president for 3 more years? That stupidity should add 10 years to his sentence. We continue to allow this kind of crap to take place with people caught in outrageous lies, corruption and violations of our laws…like Hillary Clinton pretending the Benghazi death of our Ambassador was “based on a video” as she accepted his body at an American Air Force Base and allowed the lie to continue for weeks? Or, not knowing that having a secret served was illegal or that over 100 of her emails contained highly secret information as she destroyed 33,000 of her emails and destroyed her phones with a hammer and bleach bit? ARE WE ALL DRINKING THE KOOL AID?
Before signing up anyone to be an agnet of this type of SEcuity. All must going through the TEMPTATION TESTS: Sex for Money and Power!
The tard knew years in advance that TRUMP would become PRESIDENT? What’s wrong with this story?
Hatred of Trump is just an “Excuse”. He really didn’t care about his Country and wanted to line his own pockets.
He lined his pockets with 30 pieces of silver.
Stupid title! Trump did not influence 2014 actions.
YES, YOU’RE RIGHT.