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Former U.S. Army Officer Attempts to Share Military Secrets With China
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Former U.S. Army Officer Attempts to Share Military Secrets With China
Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 31, a former U.S. Army Sergeant at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, pleaded guilty on June 18, 2025, to attempting to deliver and retain national defense information. After leaving the military in 2020, Schmidt contacted the Chinese Consulate in Turkey and Chinese security services, offering classified information from his role in the 109th Military Intelligence Battalion. Schmidt created documents detailing “high-level secrets” …
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