The mother of a US Navy sailor charged with sharing sensitive military information with China had encouraged him to cooperate with a Chinese intelligence officer.
The prosecution mentioned that she convinced her son by stating that it might help him secure a job with China’s government.
The assistant US attorney Fred Sheppard made this accusation during a hearing in federal court based in San Diego in urging the judge not to release Jinchao Wei, who had been arrested last week on an espionage...