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"He didn't go to China looking for trouble. It found him," Dale said in a phone interview. In all, Shriver met with Chinese agents 20 times between 2004 and 2007 and intended to use his jobs to transmit government secrets to Beijing, authorities said. Dale said that Shriver never landed a job that allowed him to divulge any sensitive information. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Neil MacBride, said Shriver betrayed his country. "Mr. Shriver threw away his education, his career and his future when he chose to position himself to spy," MacBride's statement said. Federal prosecutors in recent years have brought dozens of cases against defendants accused of crimes related to Chinese espionage efforts. Shriver was initially charged in June with making false statements. While those charges spelled out that Shriver had lied to the CIA about his contacts with Chinese agents, he was not charged then with attempted espionage.
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