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- ↑ Profile on DLA Piper website Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ http://pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/common/opinions/200806/06-3139-1121949.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ NICOLE PERLROTH (May 9, 2015). "Accused of Spying for China, Until She Wasn't". NY Times. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
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