The international arrivals terminal is viewed at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport airport, October 2014 in New York City.
Officials: Ex-CIA officer arrested at airport
00:33 - Source: CNN

A former CIA officer who allegedly kept small notebooks with handwritten lists of the real names of covert agency employees was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday night, the Justice Department said Tuesday.

Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a 13-year veteran of the spy agency, was charged with unlawful retention of national defense information and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. See the affidavit against him below.

Related: More about Lee and his arrest.