Glenn Duffie Shriver

Glenn Duffie Shriver (born November 23, 1981) is an American convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for China. At the behest of Chinese intelligence, Shriver unsuccessfully applied for jobs with the US State Department and CIA, meeting with handlers from China more than 20 times. He was first approached while living in China by operatives of the Shanghai State Security Bureau, a subsidiary of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS), who hoped to develop a mole which would provide them information regarding American foreign policy. He was caught and arrested by the FBI soon after applying to a job with the CIA's National Clandestine Service. In a 2010 plea bargain, he pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit unlawful conveyance of national defense information, and served four years in prison at the Federal Correctional Institution in Elkton, Ohio. He was released in 2013, and was later depicted in the short film Game of Pawns, commissioned by the FBI.

Biography In the short film Game of Pawns produced by the FBI, Shriver is portrayed by an actor, depicted as being in front of the main entrance to the East China Normal University in Shanghai. Shriver was born in Henrico County, Virginia, near Richmond. When his parents separated in 1983, he moved with his mother to the Jenison area of Michigan. He attended middle school through his second (sophomore) year in Wyoming, Michigan, and then Jenison High School.

He attended Grand Valley State University (GVSU) in Allendale, Michigan. In 2001, he took part in a 45-day summer study program in Shanghai, China. He subsequently spent his junior year at East China Normal University, also in Shanghai. After graduating from GVSU in 2004 with a bachelor's in International Relations, Shriver returned to Shanghai to work and to study the Chinese language, in which he eventually became proficient. Unbeknownst to Shriver, the CIA had learned of his connections early on in the hiring process.

Arrest and conviction In June 2010 Shriver was arrested while trying to depart Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport for South Korea

Shriver was facing up to 10 years in prison under the Espionage Act of 1917 18 U.S. Code § 793 "Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information" , but the prosecutor had also threatened him with a prosecution under 18 USC § 794 "Gathering or delivering defense information to aid foreign government" which had a maximum of life imprisonment.

Shriver had met with his handlers about 20 times, most often "Amanda", and taken $70,000.

Shriver was released from federal prison in late 2013.

After Shriver's arrest, Peimin Ni and Geling Shang , professors at Grand Valley State involved in the university's China study abroad program, were searched by US airport security while flying from the US and interviewed by the FBI.

Dramatization

Shriver's experience was dramatized in the short film Game of Pawns, produced by Rocket Media Group, in association with the Counter-Intelligence Unit of the FBI and released online in April 2014. One of the film's goals was to warn students of dangers in China. It featured the actor Joshua Murray as Shriver.