Navy officer sold secrets to China for Dave & Buster’s Power Card, officials say
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy officer charged with espionage and suspected of supplying national secrets to China and Taiwan has confessed to doing so in exchange for a Dave & Buster’s Power Card, Pentagon officials announced today.
Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was born in Taiwan and moved to America when he was 14 years old, eventually becoming a signals intelligence officer working aboard reconnaissance aircraft.
“When I was just a boy, one of my schoolmates had a pizza party at Chuck E. Cheese’s,” Lin reportedly told investigators. “It was the best day of my life. But even at that age, I knew I would never be able to go back once I got older, because that would just make me super lame.”
Lin, whose struggle to become a U.S. citizen investigators say was predicated upon the intention to betray the very same nation, admitted that his actions also served to benefit a more selfish, ulterior purpose.
“When I discovered I could relive the joys of a recreational gaming center…
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