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Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty To Spying For China

The Hong Kong media identified the man on the right as former CIA officer Jerry Chun Shing Lee. He was a security official at the unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci's <em>Salvator Mundi</em> painting at the Christie's showroom in Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2017. Three months later, Lee was arrested at JFK airport in New York. He pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court Wednesday to spying for China. (AFP/Getty Images)
The Hong Kong media identified the man on the right as former CIA officer Jerry Chun Shing Lee. He was a security official at the unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi painting at the Christie's showroom in Hong Kong on Oct. 13, 2017. Three months later, Lee was arrested at JFK airport in New York. He pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court Wednesday to spying for China. (AFP/Getty Images)

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