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Active duty soldier charged for attempted spying for Russia

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A dishonorable discharge is in someone's future.


An active duty soldier with the U.S. Army was arrested Wednesday and charged with attempting to share sensitive information about U.S. military tank capabilities with Russia, the Justice Department announced.

Taylor Lee, 22, a soldier stationed at Fort Bliss, is alleged to have transmitted the information to an individual he believed was affiliated with Russia’s government in exchange for Russian citizenship, federal prosecutors said.

Lee was arrested on charges of attempted transmission of national defense information to a foreign adversary and attempted export of controlled technical data without a license, according to the DOJ.

Active-duty Army soldier charged with attempting to share sensitive information about military tanks with Russia

A U.S. Army soldier was arrested Wednesday and charged with attempting to share sensitive information about U.S. military tank capabilities with Russia.
abcnews.go.com
 
That was dumb.
 
Why isn’t the soldier’s rank mentioned?
 
In that exchange, prosecutors said Lee stated “the USA is not happy with me for trying to expose their weaknesses,” before adding, “at this point I’d even volunteer to assist the Russian federation when I’m there in any way."​
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I mean... maybe they should offer him a deal where he agrees to seek to serve in Russia's front line meat waves in exchange for dismissal of the charges?

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(not seriously but... that's probably the way they'd want him to serve them "when" he is there)
 
Why does a 22-year-old have access to sensitive information?
 
Why the hell would someone want Russian citizenship? They wanted to move from Ft. Bliss, Texas to a country whose most notable cultural characteristic is 'grey'.
 



Lee is going to be smashing rocks at Leavenworth for a long time. The United States Military Disciplinary Barracks. Espionage by an active duty military member is a career changer for sure. Lee is going to become something of a geologist.
 
Well, off to Leavenworth with him.
 
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