A U.S. journalist, Thomas Weir Pauken II, is sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to helping Beijing collect U.S. intelligence. The U.S. Justice Department says he also receives three years of supervised release and is barred from overseas travel during that period.
Pauken, 51, is described by outlets as living in Beijing and working for Chinese state media. The Justice Department is cited as saying he used an alias, “Tom McGregor.” Both sources characterize the case as one involving his acting as an agent for China.
While both reports focus on the punishment and the spying-related charge, they provide limited additional detail about the underlying conduct beyond the guilty plea and alleged assistance to intelligence collection. No differing accounts of the sentence length or core allegation are presented in the provided materials.
