Amidst the ongoing 2024 presidential election turmoil, a New York grand jury indicted former CIA analyst Sue Mi Terry, the wife of a Washington Post national security columnist, Max Boot, on charges of working as a secret spy agent for South Korea.
Sue Mi Terry, a former member of the U.S. National Security Council, allegedly disclosed non-public U.S. government information to South Korean intelligence in exchange for lavish items like Bottega Veneta and Louis Vuitton handbags.
Max Boot's wife, Sue Mi Terry, was just indicted for acting as a foreign intelligence asset for South Korea, and boy does Max Boot have an awful lot of tweets about South Korea. https://t.co/0UBR4FeT9l pic.twitter.com/VUQI79AADl
— Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) July 17, 2024
Furthemore, according to the Manhattan federal court’s Tuesday indictment, she advocated South Korean policy positions and facilitated access for South Korean government officials to U.S. government officials.
South Korean intelligence officials allegedly gave Sue Mi Terry $37,000 in her “gift” account, designer items, and dinners at Michelin-starred restaurants for her secret service.
As of now, neither Sue Mi Terry nor her husband, Max Boot, have made any statement about the accusations to any public media outlets.
Sue Mi Terry co-authored an opinion piece with her husband, Max Boot, at South Korean officials’ request!
Now that the indictment further alleges Korean government officials paid Sue Mi Terry to write several opinion pieces, her co-authored pieces with husband Max Boot on Washington Post have also fallen under the radar of public scrutiny.
On March 3, 2023, Max Boot and his wife, Sue Mi Terry, wrote an opinion piece about the relationship between South Korea and Japan in the Washington Post.
Washington Post national security columnist Max Boot's wife just got indicted for acting as a foreign agent pic.twitter.com/SoQQwjAgwn
— Ken Klippenstein 📎 (@kenklippenstein) July 17, 2024
However, the filing claims that she wrote that piece under the direct influence of South Korean officials, and they even provided her with the information.
Furthermore, her exact presumed texts were, “So for me to write an op ed, I need the following information,” and then she asked a series of questions about ROK-Japan relations.
In the opinion piece, Sue Mi Terry did not mention that the information came from the Korean government, resulting in a lack of transparency, which is unethical in journalism.
Now, although Max Boot co-authored the piece, the indictment especially mentions that he was not charged with any crime, meaning he was not aware of the alleged illegal activities of his wife, Sue Mi Terry.
In addition, the Washington Post spokesperson did not make any comment when news media reached out about it. Max Boot himself has also not said anything about the accusations to his wife.
Nonetheless, netizens do not believe that Max Boot was unaware of his wife’s activities that spanned almost a decade, starting from small to ambitious ones with time. So, they are asking for Max Boot’s arrest along with his wife, Sue Mi Terry.
Additional Information
- Born on September 12, 1969, in Moscow, Russia, Max Boot, 55, is the son of parents Olga Kagan and Alexander Boot. He is a renowned writer, editor, historian, and foreign policy analyst.
- While the exact date of Max Boot and Sue Mi Terry’s marriage is not available, the couple has two children, with Alex being their first-born son.
- Max Boot is a Washington Post national security columnist and foreign policy analyst. He has authored widely acclaimed books such as Reagan: ‘His Life and Legend,’ ‘The Corrosion of Conservatism,’ ‘Invisible Armies,’ ‘War Made New,’ and ‘The Savage Wars of Peace.’
- The court filing did not deem Max Boot involved in his wife Sue Mi Terry’s secret spying activities.
- Sue Mi Terry was born in Seoul, Korea, and is the daughter of a widowed mother, Eunae Lee.
