catherine herridge reports. >> reporter: the chinese government may not be satisfied to steal american secrets in cyberspace. this november 2014 fbi affidavit shows the investigation of a state department contractor for her admitted contact with individuals she believed were chinese intelligence officers. it says the interpreter was paid, quote thousands of dollars to provide information on u.s. persons and a u.s. government employee. >> from 1999 -- >> reporter: the state department confirms that this woman translating here on capitol hill worked with the office of language services over a four-year period beginning in june 2010. >> she was an employee of the contract interpreter until february 2014 and not employed here anymore. for any additional questions on this, i'd refer you to the fbi. >> the fbi is referring us back to the state, though. >> reporter: the documents were