Montaperto out of prison

Convicted Chinese spy Ronald Montaperto is out of prison today, February 25, after serving only three months for passing classified information to communist intelligence officers.

Federal Judge Gerald Bruce Lee called the allegations against Montaperto, a top DIA China specialist, "very serious" yet handed down the light sentence based on letters he received from Montaperto's supporters in the government and intelligence community.

As part of a plea arrangement, Bill Gertz reports in the Washington Times, Montaperto is forbidden to make contact with Chinese intelligence officers.

Henley reprimanded for aiding Chinese spy defense - then promoted

For those wondering whether the US really reformed its intelligence leadership after 9/11, look no further than the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) - the very office created to fix the nation's spy agencies.

DIA analyst Lonnie Henley wrote a letter on behalf of his friend Ronald Montaperto to the federal judge who tried the Montaperto spy case - a letter that the judge says helped influence him to give the admitted helper of Chinese intelligence a nearly insignificant three-month sentence.

After Washington Times reporter Bill Gertz made the letter public, the DNI reprimanded Henley - then promoted him to become Acting National Intelligence Officer for East Asia.