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US Navy sailor accused of selling documents to China was encouraged by mother: feds
NY Post ^ | 08/09/2023 | Caitlin Doornbos

Posted on 08/09/2023 1:23:03 PM PDT by DFG

Thanks, mom.

A China-born US Navy sailor accused of selling sensitive ship information to the Chinese government was denied bail on Tuesday after prosecutors said his mother encouraged him to participate in the scheme.

Jinchao Wei, 22, faces four charges in San Diego federal court related to his alleged deal with an unnamed Chinese military intelligence officer to provide “documents, sketches, plans, notes and information” in exchange for cold, hard cash.

The officer asked Wei in February 2022 to work as an informant as he was applying to become a naturalized citizen.

Despite knowing it could threaten his chances, Wei ultimately agreed to the arrangement, prosecutors said in the Tuesday detention hearing.

In arguing against his release from jail, Assistant US Attorney Fred Sheppard revealed that Wei’s mother, who was not named in court, knew of her son’s treasonous side hustle and encouraged him to continue cooperating because it could lead to a future job in the Chinese government.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; jinchao; navy; wei
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1 posted on 08/09/2023 1:23:03 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Hang the mother at dawn.

Feed her body to wild hogs.

L


2 posted on 08/09/2023 1:24:04 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: DFG

Espionage just like mom used to make.


3 posted on 08/09/2023 1:24:26 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (I stayed drug - free going on 64 years for this?)
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To: DFG

No trying to impose on Biden’s racket.


4 posted on 08/09/2023 1:25:57 PM PDT by IC Ken (If the government can just print Money why do I have to pay taxes?)
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To: DFG

If only his name was “Biden.” Poor guy was born into the wrong family.


5 posted on 08/09/2023 1:27:07 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
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To: DFG

the “mom-told-me-it-was-ok” defense.


6 posted on 08/09/2023 1:28:41 PM PDT by ModelBreaker (l)
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To: DFG

“Money is money.”

Ancient Chinese Secret.


7 posted on 08/09/2023 1:31:12 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: DFG

Just who does he think he is? A Biden?


8 posted on 08/09/2023 1:37:04 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (I stayed drug - free going on 64 years for this?)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Fang Fang had something better to offer.


9 posted on 08/09/2023 1:38:03 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
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To: DFG
denied bail on Tuesday after prosecutors said his mother encouraged him to participate in the scheme.

huh.

10 posted on 08/09/2023 1:40:07 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! )
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To: Lurker

Why waste the rope?


11 posted on 08/09/2023 1:40:29 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: DFG

It’s pretty cool that the U.S. Navy is now hiring the Red Chinese. The military has come a long way since we dumbass patriots were serving in it.

Sarc/


12 posted on 08/09/2023 1:42:11 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("There's no cryin' in baseball and there's no ethics in politics!" )
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To: DFG
...Wei’s mother, who was not named in court, knew of her son’s treasonous side hustle and encouraged him to continue cooperating because it could lead to a future job in the Chinese government.

Sure beats U.S. citizenship. Chinese treason is our strength.

13 posted on 08/09/2023 1:45:28 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("There's no cryin' in baseball and there's no ethics in politics!" )
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To: DFG

Who the hell vetted this guy for enlistment to begin with? What kind of access did he have? Surely he didn’t have a secrity clearance...did he?


14 posted on 08/09/2023 1:46:46 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: Lurker

Well at least he’s rolling up the chain. They can visit each other at Leavenworth.


15 posted on 08/09/2023 1:51:18 PM PDT by 3RIVRS
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To: DFG

Chicoms threaten family in China.

I’m not saying this as an excuse for what he did.


16 posted on 08/09/2023 1:53:52 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: DFG

With Biden’s open borders he’s only one of many in that game.


17 posted on 08/09/2023 2:10:21 PM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: DFG

M is for the many secrets stolen
O is for overtly breaking our laws
T is for the treason she encouraged
H is for the hell she wanted us to pay
E is for the espionage she pushed
R is the for the raw anti US bias

Put them all together, they spell “MOTHER”
and lock her up before they execute.

The original lyrics were written in 1915 and the song is titled Mother:A Word That Means the World to Me.


18 posted on 08/09/2023 2:15:48 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: DFG

They’re stupid enough to recruit a “China born” sailor

I bet China laughs at the stupidity of the DOD


19 posted on 08/09/2023 2:23:21 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: DFG

Very enterprising. Why should the Big Guy get all the Chinese dough?


20 posted on 08/09/2023 2:25:52 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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