By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The FBI says Szuhsiung “Allen” Ho is the first person in the U.S. to be charged with nuclear espionage involving China.
But the engineer’s attorney claims the FBI tricked him into an interview that may incriminate him, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports.
Ho was arrested in April at a hotel in Atlanta and changed with procuring American nuclear information for the Chinese government.
Ho, whose firm is Energy Technology International, was working to provide information in an alleged plot with Chinese General Nuclear Power.
“Ho repeatedly attempted to justify his situation, at which point agents reminded Ho he had preferred to speak with a lawyer and prohibited Ho from making incriminating statements,” an FBI report stated.
