Defense argument: Montaperto passed secrets to PRC 'to help US-China relations'

Signs of a sick mind: Montaperto says he passed US secrets to Chinese military intelligence in order to prove US-PRC relations.

Montaperto, according to Gertz, "was not charged for passing secret and top-secret information to two Chinese military intelligence officers but the activities were outlined in court papers.

"Montaperto, according to the sentencing memorandum written by his lawyers, passed the classified data to China in order to help U.S.-China relations, which contradicts Mr. Henley's description of him as an unbiased analyst.

"The memorandum said Montaperto did not pass secrets to China out of 'ideological alignment or sympathy with the People's Republic of China.' Instead, he gave the classified data because he thought 'the US and the PRC needed to learn to get along and better understand each other, a belief that was and is consistent with United States foreign policy,' it said."