15 August,2024 07:30 AM IST | Washington | Agencies
Korbein Schultz had top secret security clearance. Pic/X
A US Army soldier and intelligence analyst has pleaded guilty to all charges of disclosing the country's national defence information to China. "The defendant abused his access to restricted government systems to sell sensitive military information to a person he knew to be a foreign national," said Assistant Attorney General Matthew G Olsen of the Justice Department's National Security Division.
US soldier Korbein Schultz has been accused of exporting technical data related to defence articles without a license, conspiracy to export defence articles without a license, and bribery of a public official.
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Schultz who held a top secret security clearance, conspired with an individual who lived in Hong Kong "to collect national defence information, including classified information and export-controlled technical data related to US military weapons systems, and to transmit that information" to the Chinese government in exchange for money." He was paid USD 42,000 for handing over dozens of classified US military documents.
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