Prosecutors to drop charges against former CIA analyst Sue Mi Terry

Federal prosecutors have agreed to drop charges against Sue Mi Terry, a former CIA analyst and White House National Security Council official, as part of a deferred prosecution agreement. The agreement, filed Tuesday in US District Court in Manhattan, resolves accusations that Terry acted as an unregistered agent for South Korea.

The deal was reached weeks before the case was set to go to trial on charges related to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). Terry's attorney, Lee Wolosky, stated that her interactions with South Korean officials were conducted in furtherance of US interests and her work as a leading American specialist on North Korea and East Asia.

As part of the agreement, Terry admitted to assisting South Korean intelligence officers by sharing notes she had prepared for a meeting between top State Department officials and Korea policy experts. She also admitted accepting designer handbags valued at more than $9,200, 19 meals at fine restaurants, and $37,000 in payments to a public policy program on Korean affairs from South Korean intelligence officers.