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Complete cycle, that youve stolen it and transferred it to a foreign power. by watching tai take the information and go through security, were able to complete that charge that hes now committing espionage because hes flying through china in order to give it away. >> the operation to arrest tai mak and his wife at los angeles international airport was extremely complicated. >> its not just taking down one person in one place. we had to do multiple arrests simultaneously. we have to make sure we ...

Intelligence squad in southern californi we were called to headquarters. they didnt tell us what it was about. before we could be exposed to the information we were given about this case, we had to be polygraphed. thats never happened to me before. so i knew the information itself was very sensitive, so they were taking extra steps. steps that id never had to take before. >> where did the information come from? >> i cant actually tell you how we got the information. im not trying to be coy, but ...

Give information. thats very typical trade craft for a spy. >> so we took the safest course and sent agents along with them who would watch them and make sure they didnt meet or pass any information to other people. and from what we could tell, they didnt pass any information. but the alaskan cruise, that was our opportunity, i knew, to go inside his house, covertly. we had to see what he had stored, who his contacts were, if he had any letters or correspondence with people in china. that was an...

The store gave him free coffee and thats why he went every week. >> [ inaudible ]. >> sure. sure. time and time wed doubt. >> the investigation wasnt going well. i wasnt sure we were on the right track. from the beginning of the case, we saw no communication between chi mak and anyone in china. but you have to be patient for your opportunity. if we push any more, we might reveal ourselves to chi mak. so its a waiting game. were waiting for the next time he steals information and tries to send it...

As an employee of power paragon. >> chi mak was a very good electrical engineer. he was the go-to guy in power paragon. >> chi mak had extraordinary access and was highly placed at work. he was trusted by the u.s. government experts. he worked with them side by side. >> chi mak worked on some of the most sensitive navy technologies. technologies that would take the navy into the next century. >> we know he gave the chinese government information regarding the virginia class submarine, which is o...

We were making some joke about how i could read chinese. i caught the three letters at the bottom that said ddx. of course, thats about the navys next destroyer. we translated that note and the note went from being a note to being a tasking list which clearly demonstrated chi mak was receiving guidance or direction to steal what he was stealing., clearly demonstrated chi mak was receiving guidance or direction to steal what he was stealing. >> a tasking list is something that the handler, the fo...

Information being leaked to china. >> we have to have the evidence. our greatest fear initially was, will we catch chi mak doing what we thought he was already doing? >> the allegation itself is not enough to be able to conduct a search warrant into a house or monitor through their telephone. so on the chi mak investigation, we began by doing dumpster diving. >> thats one method that doesnt give notice to the person were investigating that were involved. we look at it when they dont know were lo...

Im ssa jim gaylord. i supervise the southern intelligence squad in southern california. we were called to headquarters. they didnt tell us what it was about. before we could be exposed to the information we were given about this case, we had to be polygraphed. thats never happened to me before. so i knew the information itself was very sensitive, so they were taking extra steps. steps that id never had to take before. >> where did the information come from? >> i cant actually tell you how we got...

A 24-plus year sentence in prison. >> the rest of the family had served out their sentence and had been deported to china. chi got a just sentence and we learned a great deal about the chinese method of operation. the case demonstrates how the chinese used family to submit espionage. in a family you can trust one another and you know who they are and allows them to have natural relationships, but the results of our investigation, we caught a family who was committing espionage. we caught a famil...

Of made us wonder, is this actually a marriage in the ordinary sense or more of a contract? more of a partnership. more of something the chinese government had put together to serve its own purpose. in our investigation, we also started following his brother tai mak and his sister fuk li and his son billy mak. it gave us information about who tai mak was and what his role was. >> we believe they were sent to the united states in 2001. tai maks job was to be the courier of information that chi ma...