They don’t want the sentence to be too long in the event it sets precedent for when Hunter and Joe are convicted.
I’m gonna say you guys have all been taken in by hype.
The way it reads to me is he disclosed no classified information. They word it as sensitive, non-public. Then they lead with OpSec terminology about exercises. They also say he destroyed evidence (leading one to wonder if it ever existed).
There IS talk of wiring diagrams, but this might very well be a description of interconnections. In other words, I don’t see anything in this celebration of some lawyers activity seeking promotions to suggest any super duper technical magic secrets were disclosed to the Chinese.
It reads like they were lucky to get a conviction at all.
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Today’s sentencing demonstrates, yet again, the inability of China’s Intelligence Services to prevent the FBI and our vital partners from apprehending and prosecuting the spies China recruits.
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Why would anyone think Chinese intelligence can prevent the FBI from arresting people? What the hell is this sentence supposed to say?
I think the whole thing is some DOJ lawyers praising themselves.