WASHINGTON: A US Army intelligence analyst on Tuesday (Aug 13) pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to sell military secrets to China, the Department of Justice said.
Korbein Schultz was charged in March with conspiracy to disclose national defence information, exporting defence articles and technical data without a license, and bribery of a public official.
Schultz, who held top secret clearance, conspired with an individual who lived in Hong Kong, whom he suspected of being associated with the Chinese government, to collect national defence information, including classified information and export-controlled technical data related to US military weapons systems, in exchange for money, according to charging and plea documents.
“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,” FBI Executive Assistant Director Robert Wells said in a statement.
Before he was arrested, he sent dozens of sensitive and restricted – but unclassified – military documents, the Department of Justice said.
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