A former US Army sergeant was arrested on Friday for seeking to provide classified information to China, the Justice Department said.The Justice Department said Schmidt, after leaving the military, offered national defense information to the Chinese consulate in Turkey and the Chinese security services.
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Ian Hitchcock/GettyA former U.S. Army intelligence team leader who complained of learning “some really terrible things about the American government” hoarded years worth of national defense secrets and technology that he tried to share with China, according to a newly unsealed federal indictment.Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 29, has been living primarily in Mainland China and Hong Kong since March 2020, just two months after separating from the military as a sergeant. Safely out of reach for U.S. autho
Former army sergeant Joseph Daniel Schmidt, who served in an intelligence unit, allegedly offered Chinese authorities a device that allowed access to secure military networks.