Weapons analyst guilty of divulging secrets

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Defense Department analyst pleaded guilty Monday to delivering classified information about U.S. and Taiwanese military relations to a New Orleans furniture salesman who turned out to be working with the Chinese government.

Gregg Bergersen, 51, of Alexandria, a weapons analyst at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency who held top-secret security clearances, was arrested last month. Prosecutors alleged he divulged military secrets to Louisiana businessman Tai Kuo, who turned the information over to a Chinese foreign agent.

In a plea hearing Monday, Bergersen pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiring to communicate national defense information to a person not entitled to receive it. He faces up to 10 years in prison when sentenced in June.