FBI Tried to Get Agent’s Secret E-Mail on China Spy Plans Back

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation sought to suppress e-mails describing its efforts to gain a Florida school’s help in using a faculty member to spy on China.

The FBI demanded in an April 2012 letter that the University of South Florida immediately return copies of e-mails from one of its agents concerning Dajin Peng, an associate professor of international affairs at the Tampa-based school.