A U.S. judge has denied bail and the services of a public defender to a California tour operator charged with carrying national security documents to officials in China. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Corley on Wednesday said Xuehua Edward Peng was a flight risk. Corley said she wasn’t satisfied that the presence of his wife and two young daughters in the San Francisco Bay Area was enough to keep him from fleeing to China, where authorities say he has money, an apartment and a mistress.
