Prosecution Dropped for Ex-cia Analyst Linked to South Korea

WHO:

NY Post - Sue Mi Terry, a former CIA analyst

ABC News - U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken

WHAT:

NY Post - The U.S. Justice Department has agreed not to prosecute Sue Mi Terry.

ABC News - Terry was accused of serving as a secret agent for South Korea’s intelligence service.

ABC News - Terry accepted luxury gifts valued at about $9,245 in exchange for her advocacy of South Korean government positions.

WHERE:

ABC News - The case was set to be tried in a Manhattan federal court.

WHEN:

NY Post - Terry was accused in 2024.

ABC News - The Justice Department agreed to defer prosecution for a year and drop the charges if Terry stays out of legal trouble.

ABC News - Terry signed a document agreeing to certain facts of the case, including sharing notes from a meeting with Antony Blinken in 2022.

WHY:

ABC News - The Justice Department determined that the interests of both Terry and the U.S. "will be best served by deferring prosecution."

HOW:

ABC News - Terry shared nonpublic government information and facilitated access for South Korean officials to U.S. officials.

(UPDATED October 14, 2026 10:59 UTC)

The U.S. Justice Department has decided not to prosecute Sue Mi Terry, a former CIA analyst who faced accusations of acting as a secret agent for South Korea’s intelligence service. Terry, who was accused in 2024 of accepting luxury gifts worth about $9,245 in exchange for promoting South Korean government positions, has agreed to a one-year deferral of prosecution, with charges dropped if she stays out of legal trouble. As part of the agreement, Terry acknowledged certain facts of the case, including sharing nonpublic government information and facilitating access for South Korean officials to U.S. officials, and she signed a document related to a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in 2022.