US Navy Lt Comdr Edward Lin Passed Secrets to Taiwan Also?

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Google times the two reports in (1) as "4 hours ago" for both, and the VOA report "2 hours ago."

(1)
(a) Sam LaGrone, US Official: Lt Cmdr Edward Lin Accused of Passing Secrets to Taiwan in Addition to China. USNI News, April 11, 2016 4:41 PM (Updated: April 11, 2016 6:55 PM).
https://news.usni.org/2016/04/11 ... n-addition-to-china

(b) Phil Stewart, US Navy Official Suspected of Passing Secrets to Taiwan, China. Reuters, Apr 11, 2016
www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-espionage-idUSKCN0X80DL
("A US official told Reuters that Lin was apprehended at an airport in Hawaii, possibly while attempting to leave the country")

Note: Though marked as "highly cited," the quotation is the only new information. Conspicuous absence is how Taiwan gets involved -- only the title  but not text says he passed secrets to Taiwan also.

(2) 台裔美军官涉泄密 台国防部：与台湾无关.
www.voachinese.com/content/taiwa ... 160411/3280312.html

Quote:

(a) "最先报道这起间谍案的美国海军研究所(USNI)新闻4月10日报道说，台湾出生、14岁随家人移民到美国的美国海军少校爱德华·林被控将美国机密情报泄露给中国，不过包括美国《海军时报》、路透社、美联社等多家通讯社和媒体称，林少校泄密对象可能包括中国与台湾。

(b) "台湾国防部已表示，此案无涉台湾，对案情也无所悉无法评论。台湾媒体援引国防部将领的话报道说，过去美国如果怀疑台湾有人涉及泄密，会通知国防部进行调查或协助，但这个案件并未得到美国的告知。

"另一位不具名的权威人士告诉美国之音，此案唯一与台湾有关的只有涉案人的 '台裔' 背景，而且案子发生已有一段时间 [Lin has been held for eight months]，但美台 '军事交流如常，' 未受任何影响。

Note:
(a) The quotations are the only new information.
(b) David Larter, Navy Officer, Taiwan native, Accused of Spying. Navy Times, Apr 10, 2016, 5:58 pm EDT (two hours after USNI News broke the news)
www.navytimes.com/story/military ... dward-lin/82867498/

did not say Lin passed secrets to Taiwan (because Navy Times just summarized USNI News).  I suspect that VOA here actually means "USNI News" of today (shown in (1)(a)).