WASHINGTON--Eight times during the two decades that Katrina Leungwas paid about $1.7 million by the FBI to spy on the Chinesegovernment, U.S. agents in California discussed the possibility thatshe might be a double agent for China. At least once, a report of theagents' suspicions reached FBI headquarters here.
But for years, nothing happened. Senior law enforcement officialssay Leung, who became a prominent fund-raiser for the RepublicanParty, was never questioned seriously. Nor was her FBI handler,counterterrorism agent James J. Smith. Meanwhile, authorities nowallege, a romantic relationship between Leung and Smith flourished,and Smith allowed Leung access to classified …
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