Finally, a high-ranking "spy" also appeared among the senior generals of the United States! ”
According to the Associated Press reported on the 8th, John Allen, president of the Brookings Institution, a well-known think tank in the United States and retired four-star admiral of the Marine Corps, was announced by the agency on Wednesday to arrange administrative leave because he was accused of secret lobbying for the Qatari government.
Born on December 15, 1953, Allen graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1976 and is a four-star admiral in the U.S. Marine Corps. He has commanded the US and NATO troops in Afghanistan and has a high prestige in the military.
Later, the appointment of NATO's top military chief was postponed because of a sex scandal involving former CIA director David Petraeus.
On February 19, 2013, Allen resigned from the military on the grounds that he was taking care of his wife, who was seriously ill, which sounded a lot like a good husband who cared for his family.
The Associated Press reported on a new court filing. The FBI recently seized Alan's electronic device data and detailed his covert work in 2017 to help the Qatari government influence U.S. policy and exploit the opportunity to reap huge profits, the document shows.
A diplomatic crisis erupted between Qatar and its neighbors, and the Qatari government, which had been one of the Brookings Institution's biggest funders, had only since stopped.
It is reported that Allen was named president of the Brookings Institution at the end of 2017, and the Brookings Institution pays Allen more than $1 million a year.
Allen has not been charged with any crimes at this time, having previously denied any wrongdoing.
But the secret data held by the FBI is likely to convict Allen. FBI agents said there was "substantial evidence" that Allen had deliberately violated U.S. overseas travel, made false statements, and withheld documents that could "convict him."
In the past, in the general impression of everyone, senior officials in the United States, especially senior military generals, they would not be corrupt, because they did not have the soil for corruption, let alone the courage to be corrupt, but now it seems that this concept has to be slowly changed, they are also people, there are greed, it depends on whether the opportunity is suitable or not.
