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2 US Navy sailors arrested on charges tied to national security and China
KTLA/AP ^ | August 3, 2023 | KTLA/AP

Posted on 08/03/2023 12:19:22 PM PDT by CedarDave

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested and accused of providing sensitive military information to China — including details on wartime exercises, Naval operations and critical technical material, federal officials said Thursday.

Jinchao Wei, a 22-year-old sailor assigned to the San Diego-based USS Essex, was arrested Wednesday on a charge related to espionage involving conspiracy to send national defense information to Chinese officials, according to the U.S. officials. The Justice Department also charged Navy service member Wenhen Zhao, 26, accusing him of taking bribes in exchange for giving sensitive U.S. military photos and videos to a Chinese intelligence officer between August 2021 through at least this May.

Federal officials spoke about the cases Thursday during a news conference in San Diego. The two sailors were charged with similar crimes, but they were charged in separate cases, and it wasn’t clear Thursday if the two were connected or if they were courted or paid by the same Chinese intelligence officer.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: China; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: china; espionage; invasion; navy; prc; spies; spying; traitor; traitors; treason
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1 posted on 08/03/2023 12:19:22 PM PDT by CedarDave
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To: CedarDave

Jinchao Wei: Naturalized 2022.


2 posted on 08/03/2023 12:23:31 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: CedarDave

The Biden Crime Family took money from the Chinese, too.


3 posted on 08/03/2023 12:23:39 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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...Jinchao Wei and Wenhen Zhao.... I’m sure they had their fingers crossed when the took the Oath of Enlistment when they entered the Navy......ain’t diversity just grand....??

“I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.”


4 posted on 08/03/2023 12:25:39 PM PDT by TokarevM57
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Dummies. They need to raise their prices a lot, hire Hunter Biden, and kick 10% up to the big guy that gives weather reports.


5 posted on 08/03/2023 12:26:10 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: CedarDave

Further details at this link: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-us-navy-servicemembers-arrested-transmitting-military-information-peoples-republic-china


6 posted on 08/03/2023 12:26:59 PM PDT by TexasGator
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Looks like Ft. Leavenworth for a lifetime remainder...oh, I forgot. The Biden Family wants in on the take from these two traitors, so they’ll be pardoned subsequent. When was the last time a US soldier was executed for espionage? I can’t recall if its ever happened.


7 posted on 08/03/2023 12:28:34 PM PDT by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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It looks like these are 2 unrelated cases
Right?


8 posted on 08/03/2023 12:28:50 PM PDT by RWGinger (LGB)
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It looks like these are 2 unrelated cases
Right?
We let the one give away our secrets for 2 years?


9 posted on 08/03/2023 12:30:20 PM PDT by RWGinger (LGB)
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In the Chinese community it’s considered ok to break any rule as long as you don’t get caught.


10 posted on 08/03/2023 12:31:03 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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Two U.S. Navy Servicemembers Arrested for Transmitting Military Information to the People’s Republic of China

Thursday, August 3, 2023

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-us-navy-servicemembers-arrested-transmitting-military-information-peoples-republic-china


11 posted on 08/03/2023 12:32:23 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Now, Send Asylum Seekers to all the vacant college dorms in NY/NJ/Mass/West Point & NE blue cities!)
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Another diversity win.

At least it wasn’t white men in those positions...


12 posted on 08/03/2023 12:34:21 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: CedarDave

Diversity is our strength.


13 posted on 08/03/2023 12:38:48 PM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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I wonder how many more are doing the same? God help us. Thank you God through our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.


14 posted on 08/03/2023 12:39:03 PM PDT by NeverTyranny
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Doesn’t treason committed by military individuals automatically qualify for a firing squad?


15 posted on 08/03/2023 12:42:36 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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Unrelated cases. Sixteen months for one and two years for the other. It leaves one to wonder how they caught them; both either made some missteps or the Chinese intelligence office was under surveillance and the NCIS/FBI followed up on his contacts.


16 posted on 08/03/2023 12:44:25 PM PDT by CedarDave (Pfizer's boosters: The medical equivalent of Russian roulette!)
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To: TexasGator
Jinchao Wei: Naturalized 2022.

One of the downsides of running a woke, globalized empire.

17 posted on 08/03/2023 12:44:48 PM PDT by PGR88
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Send a message of the death penalty for these scumbags. You can bet with all the third worlders entering our military this is the tip of the iceberg.


18 posted on 08/03/2023 12:47:11 PM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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They probably cannot execute them.

Life in Leavenworth with no parole.


19 posted on 08/03/2023 12:53:13 PM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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The entire Biden family took millions from China and gave them documents, so when are they gonna be tried for treason


20 posted on 08/03/2023 12:53:58 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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