{"id":1990694,"date":"2023-08-04T09:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T13:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-sailors-indicted-for-sending-sensitive-u-s-military-data-to-chinese-government\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T09:43:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T13:43:11","slug":"navy-sailors-indicted-for-sending-sensitive-u-s-military-data-to-chinese-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-sailors-indicted-for-sending-sensitive-u-s-military-data-to-chinese-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy sailors charged for sharing &#8216;sensitive&#8217; US military info with China."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnavy-sailors-indicted-for-sending-sensitive-u-s-military-data-to-chinese-government%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1990694&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Breaking News: Navy Sailors Indicted for Transmitting Sensitive Military Data to China<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According\u200b to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/two-us-navy-servicemembers-arrested-transmitting-military-information-peoples-republic-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOJ press release<\/a>, Navy sailor Jinchao Wei was arrested on Wednesday on espionage charges and is being indicted for conspiracy \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-sailors-indicted-for-sending-sensitive-u-s-military-data-to-chinese-government\/\" title=\"Navy sailors charged for sharing 'sensitive' US military info with China.\">send national defense information<\/a> to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-blake-last-in-line-of-cold-war-spies-who-betrayed-britain-dies-at-98\/\" title=\"George Blake, last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98\">intelligence officer<\/a> working for the Chinese government. Included in the unsealed indictment are allegations that Wei, who served as a sailor on \u2064the USS Essex stationed\u200d at Naval \u2062Base San Diego, began communicating with a PRC official\u2062 in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The official, according to the DOJ, requested Wei to provide information about the U.S.S. Essex and other Navy ships, including photos, videos, and \u2063documents concerning U.S. Navy ships and their systems. The agency says that \u2063Wei possessed a security\u2063 clearance and had\u200d access to data on the Essex&#8217;s weapons and propulsion systems while serving on the ship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the \u2064request of the intelligence officer, between March 2022 and the present, Wei sent photographs and videos of the Essex, disclosed \u2062the locations of various Navy ships, and described defensive weapons\u200b of the Essex,&#8221; the DOJ press release reads. &#8220;In \u2062exchange for this information, the \u200bintelligence officer paid Wei \u2064thousands of dollars over the course of the conspiracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According \u200bto the indictment, in the summer of 2022, Wei \u200dallegedly sent the PRC dozens of manuals detailing the Essex and other ships&#8217; operations, structures, \u2062and systems. The Chinese government official continued to request such information into 2023 and\u200b further instructed Wei to hide their relationship and &#8220;destroy any evidence regarding the nature of their relationship and their activities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Petty\u200c Officer Wenheng Zhao was separately indicted for receiving bribes in exchange for similar information. In Zhao&#8217;s\u200b case, however, the PRC intel officer requesting the data claimed he was a maritime economic researcher.<\/p>\n<p>From August 2021 to May 2023, Zhao allegedly sent the officer non-public and controlled operational plans for a large-scale \u2062U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/confirmed-chinese-troops-on-canadian-soil-during-military-exercises\/\" title=\"Confirmed: Chinese Troops on Canadian Soil During Military Exercises\">military exercise<\/a> in the Indo-Pacific Region, which detailed the specific \u200blocation and \u200dtiming of Naval force movements, \u200bamphibious\u200c landings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-navy-seals-running-for-congress-to-save-america\/\" title=\"Five Navy SEALs Running for Congress to Save America\">maritime operations<\/a>, and logistics support in exchange for bribes. Zhao, who was stationed at Naval Base Ventura County, received nearly $15,000 for his purported actions, according to \u2062the indictment.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted of his alleged crimes, Zhao could \u200dface up \u200bto 20 years in federal \u2062prison.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood \u200cis a \u2064staff writer for The Federalist\u2063 and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state\u2062 content writer for Convention \u200bof States Action and his \u200bwork has been \u200dfeatured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow \u200bhim\u2064 on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China. Another Navy sailor, Yuegang Sun, was also indicted for his involvement in the conspiracy. The transmission of sensitive military data poses a significant threat to national security. The DOJ is committed to prosecuting those who betray their country and jeopardize its defense capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":1990695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1990694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1990694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1990695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1990694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1990694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1990694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}