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The documents Schultz provided included critical information about US weapons systems, military tactics, and strategy. Notably, one document discussed the lessons learned by the US Army from the Ukraine-Russia war, which could be applied in a potential defence of Taiwan read more
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A US Army intelligence analyst is pleading guilty to sharing classified documents with China. Agencies
A US Army intelligence analyst, Sergeant Korbein Schultz, pleaded guilty on Tuesday (August 13) to charges of providing sensitive defence information to China.
Schultz, who held a top-secret security clearance, was arrested in March at Fort Campbell, a military base on the Kentucky-Tennessee border, and now faces potentially decades in prison.
Bribes for files
According to the Justice Department, Schultz admitted to conspiring to obtain and disclose national defence information, exporting technical data related to defense articles without a license, and accepting bribes.
He was paid $42,000 for handing over dozens of classified US military documents to an individual in Hong Kong, whom he believed to be connected to the Chinese government.
The documents Schultz provided included critical information about US weapons systems, military tactics, and strategy. Notably, one document discussed the lessons learned by the US Army from the Ukraine-Russia war, which could be applied in a potential defence of Taiwan.
Other documents detailed Chinese military tactics and preparedness, as well as US military exercises and forces stationed in South Korea and the Philippines.
Additional materials included sensitive information about the HH-60 helicopter, the F-22A fighter jet, the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, and various missile systems.
China targeting US military personnel
“Governments like China are aggressively targeting our military personnel and national security information, and we will do everything in our power to ensure that information is safeguarded from hostile foreign governments,” said Robert Wells, executive assistant director of the FBI’s National Security Branch.
Schultz’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for January 23, 2025.
His arrest follows a string of espionage cases involving US military personnel, including the recent arrests of two US Navy sailors in California, Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao and Jinchao Wei, for spying for China.
Zhao was sentenced to 27 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring with a foreign intelligence officer and accepting a bribe.
With inputs from AFP
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