Ex-State Department worker pleads guilty in China spy case

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former State Department employee who held top-secret clearance has pleading guilty to lying to investigators about her contacts with Chinese intelligence agents.
Candace Marie Claiborne’s plea to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States came Wednesday in federal court in Washington.
The charge stems from her attempts to mislead investigators and conceal her relationship with Chinese intelligence. Court documents allege that Claiborne received “ten