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Money, it says he was offered a CIA contract, apparently many retired agents work as independent contractors after retiring. His mistake was not asking for FU money from China, considering the great service he performed. It's not China doesn't have the money

Maybe he was kidnapped by the CIA or a friendly intelligence agency and brought back covertly to avoid a diplomatic incident with China.

https://youtu.be/-u2TLXEJJpA?t=3m

> Former intelligence officials said that the F.B.I. lured Mr. Lee back to the United States as part of a ruse

It's not mentioned what happened here, but it looks like he was tricked into coming.

He was obviously not aware the FBI looked at his journals containing the names of the CIA moles - what's really weird is the FBI did not arrest him immediately afterwards instead of waiting five years for his next trip to the USA.