Thursday, June 12, 2003

Whatever happened to Republican activist Katrina Leung?

The latest I can find here: Secure rooms to be built for Leung trial

A government architect, prosecutors and a U.S. marshal reported to a judge Thursday on plans to construct two secure rooms in the federal courthouse for use of classified documents in the trial of a retired FBI agent and his alleged lover, who is accused of taking FBI documents while working as a China contact. ...

The defendants, James J. Smith, 59, and his intelligence "asset,' Katrina Leung, 49, of San Marino, are alleged to have mishandled classified documents during their 20-year relationship

By now, of course, the "Republican Activist" part of the story has been carefully airbrushed away by the SCLM. Move along, people! No story here, at least not as long as the room is secure. But still:

Leung, who is married and has a teenaged son, is well connected in Los Angeles Republican circles. She hosted a fund-raiser at her home for Richard Riordan's short-lived gubernatorial campaign, eventually transferring her support to Republican candidate Billl Simon after Riordan withdrew. Rep. David Dreier named her as a delegate to the California Republican Party convention in February.

(The Republicans, naturlich, have successfully suppressed any Congressional inquiry.)