((("an allied foreign government"))) >Dale Britt Bendler, 68, of Miami, Fla. [...] A former senior CIA officer who pleaded guilty Wednesday to working illegally as an agent for unidentified foreign clients came under suspicion years earlier as a security risk, reliable sources tell SpyTalk. [...] The former official hinted that the CIA got onto Bendler after classified material he had access to started showing up in the hands of an allied foreign government the agency was monitoring. > This former official and others speculated that the involvement of an ally in the case—and not Russia or China—was the reason the Justice Department did not identify the government in its Wednesday plea deal announcement.