The FBI arrested two active-duty U.S. Army soldiers and one veteran on Thursday for alleged bribery and theft of government property as part of a plot to sell classified national defense information to China.
“While bribery and corruption have thrived under China’s Communist Party, this behavior cannot be tolerated with our service members who are entrusted with sensitive military information, including national defense information,” said FBI Director Kash Patel.
“The FBI and our partners will continue to work to uncover attempts by those in China to steal sensitive U.S. military information and hold all accountable who play a role in betraying our national defense,” he added.
One defendant, Jian Zhao, stationed at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, faces charges for allegedly conspiring to transmit national defense data to China. The other defendants, Li Tian, stationed with Zhao, and Ruoyu Duan, a veteran, face charges for allegedly conspiring to commit bribery and stealing government property.
Duan and Tian, beginning in November 2021 and continuing until at least December 2024, allegedly conspired with other unnamed accomplices to acquire sensitive information on Army capabilities, including technical information manuals on Army vehicles such as the Bradley and Stryker U.S. Army fighting vehicles.
Tian allegedly sold the information to Duan for an unspecified amount of money. The U.S. Department of Justice did not reveal what Duan allegedly did with the information after receiving it from Tian.
Zhao allegedly conspired to sell sensitive information, including stolen hard drives and documents, to an unknown Chinese buyer. He allegedly received $10,000 for the sale of 20 hard drives and also, according to his indictment, attempted to sell information on the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), data on U.S. preparations for a potential conflict with China, and a stolen computer capable of reading encrypted files.
He allegedly received $15,000 in total for his involvement in the conspiracy.
The FBI worked alongside the U.S. Army Counterintelligence Command to investigate the case.
“These arrests underscore the persistent and increasing foreign intelligence threat facing our Army and nation,” said Brig. Gen. Rhett R. Cox, Commanding General at Army Counterintelligence Command.
Once found guilty, they can build the gallows and get it over with, maybe these ppl will think twice before helping out the commies!
Life in jail would be too easy.
Go Kash
Where are the Epstein Files ? Nothing to see here move along … New Boss Same as the Old Boss ….
Firing squad, but use standard velocity 22lr for as many rounds as it takes. Aim anywhere but the heart or brain.
Treason deserves the death penalty.
FBI Director Patel seems to have found better things for his agents to do than locking up Americans for protesting a likely stolen Presidential Election.
Death Penalty Time .
Light them up .
That’s great. They got this guy for $15,000. Which is great. But hardly worthy of an article. Any FBI guy should be able to sniff out $15,000. Let me know when he does something noteworthy
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So Bob, the gallows for helping out commies. I dig it ,we will hang Trump and Vance as well!
I call huge BS on pete patel for arresting 3 people for treason here in the US.
these three people just happen to be our own military men and one of them being a veteran, the are accused of selling secret information to china,
these 3 AMERICANS are taking the fall for the democratic elite nazis to protect their own disgusting shameful hatred of this great Nation.
and ya, fuck the fbi, they are the invention of the sycophantic elite, they serve the elite like robots.
Well it’s a start. Even if it’s a small one. We need the bigger fish though. The ones selling out our country for the millions of dollars. The ones writing laws and getting fat on the fog from other countries and terrorists groups. All treason cases need to be televised on National TV. Every channel must be interrupted so every American sees how we treat traitors! Schools need to discuss this to an appropriate level for school kids. All colleges must make all students and those professors who like to promote communism watch as a requirement for a diploma or continued employment for the professors.
Maybe not such a great idea to have foreigners, specifically from hostile nations, in our military. Oh, unless your intent is to destroy THIS nation.
This means there’s 10x that haven’t been caught.