{"id":2059077,"date":"2023-10-07T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T20:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-u-s-sergeant-indicted-for-trying-to-give-china-information-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-07T16:03:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T20:03:01","slug":"former-u-s-sergeant-indicted-for-trying-to-give-china-information-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-u-s-sergeant-indicted-for-trying-to-give-china-information-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-U.S. Sergeant Charged for Attempting to Provide China with Information"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fformer-u-s-sergeant-indicted-for-trying-to-give-china-information-2%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=2059077&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo \u200bby Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s Abril Elfi<\/h2>\n<p><strong>12:19 PM \u2013 Saturday,\u200b October 7, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A former United States sergeant has been\u200b indicted by the Justice Department\u2062 after he reportedly tried to pass\u200c classified\u2064 information to China.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Joseph\u2064 Daniel Schmidt, 29, was arrested Friday and charged with retention of national \u2064defense information and attempting to transmit national defense information for allegedly attempting to \u2063provide defense information to\u200b China through\u2064 email after leaving the military. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former U.S. Army Sergeant, Joseph Daniel Schmidt, whose last\u2062 duty post was Joint\u200d Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in western Washington was arrested today on an indictment charging him w trying to\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-u-s-sergeant-indicted-for-trying-to-give-china-information-2\/\" title=\"Ex-U.S. Sergeant Charged for Attempting to Provide China with Information\">pass national defense info<\/a> to China <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TWykheCcof\">pic.twitter.com\/TWykheCcof<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lara Seligman (@laraseligman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laraseligman\/status\/1710351295876415756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Schmidt, who served in the 109<sup>th<\/sup> Military Intelligence Battalion from 2015 to 2020, had access to classified and top-secret information as part of his\u200c job. <\/p>\n<p>After leaving \u2062the military, he \u200dallegedly emailed the Chinese Consulate in Turkey, offering them\u2062 information about the\u200d U.S. defense.<\/p>\n<p>Court records show that\u2063 Schmidt allegedly introduces himself in the email and indicates that he\u2062 has a top\u2062 secret U.S. government security clearance as well as experience\u2062 in surveillance \u2064detection and operating spies. He \u200cis said\u2063 to\u200b have \u200coffered \u2062to share his knowledge with the Chinese leadership and\u200d requested a face-to-face meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators retrieved from Schmidt\u2019s Apple iCloud account \u200ba Word document that he allegedly wrote two days later titled \u201cImportant Information to Share with the \u2062Chinese Government.\u201d which the Army later \u200bdetermined to contained sensitive material.<\/p>\n<p>According to prosecutors, Schmidt traveled to\u2063 Hong\u2064 Kong \u2062shortly after\u2063 leaving the \u2063military in 2020, where they believe he\u2062 retained\u2064 a \u200bdevice that allowed him access to\u2064 U.S .military networks and provided it to Chineses authorities. <\/p>\n<p>The former sergeant was then arrested as he was attempting to fly from Hong Kong to San Francisco. <\/p>\n<p>Acting U.S. \u200cAttorney Tessa M.\u200b Gorman \u200cfor the \u200bWestern District of Washington said that\u2064 Schmidt committed alleged efforts to \u201cbetray our country.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cMembers of our military take a sworn oath to defend our country and the Constitution. In that context\u200b the alleged actions of this former military member are shocking \u2013 not only attempting to provide national defense information, but also information that would assist a foreign adversary to gain\u200c access to Department of Defense secure computer networks,\u201d Gorman \u200csaid. \u201cI commend the FBI for their diligent work to\u2063 end his alleged efforts to betray our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Washington \u200cState 29-year-old\u200c can face up to 10 years behind bars for each count and a \u2064$250,000 fine if he\u2062 is found guilty. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Army Counterintelligence Command along with the FBI are investigating the case. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to\u200b your\u200b inbox for \u200bfree. 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Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 29, \u200dwas arrested on Friday\u200d and\u200d charged with retention of national defense information and attempting to transmit \u200dnational defense information\u2062 for \u2063allegedly attempting to provide defense information to China through email\u2062 after leaving\u200c the military.<\/p>\n<p>Schmidt, who served in the 109th \u200dMilitary Intelligence Battalion from 2015 to 2020, \u2063had access to classified and top-secret information as part of his\u200d job. After leaving the military, he allegedly\u2062 emailed the Chinese Consulate \u2062in Turkey, offering them information \u2063about the \u200cU.S.\u2063 defense.<\/p>\n<p>Court records show that \u2062Schmidt introduced himself in the\u2064 email and indicated \u200dthat he has a top-secret U.S. government security clearance as well as experience in surveillance\u200b detection\u2064 and operating spies. He offered to\u200d share his knowledge with the Chinese leadership\u2064 and requested a face-to-face meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators retrieved from Schmidt\u2019s Apple iCloud account a Word document\u2062 that he allegedly wrote \u200btwo days later titled \u201cImportant Information to Share with the\u2062 Chinese Government,\u201d which the Army later determined contained sensitive material.<\/p>\n<p>According to prosecutors, Schmidt traveled to Hong Kong shortly after leaving the military in 2020, where they believe he retained a device that allowed him\u2064 access to U.S.\u2062 military networks\u200b and provided it \u2064to Chinese authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The former sergeant was then arrested as he was attempting to fly from Hong Kong to San Francisco. Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman\u2064 for the Western District of Washington said that \u2062Schmidt committed alleged efforts to\u200c \u201cbetray our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers of our military take a sworn oath to defend our country and\u200c the Constitution. In that context,\u2063 the alleged actions of this former military \u200cmember are shocking \u2013 not only attempting to provide national defense information, but\u2063 also\u200c information that would assist a foreign adversary to gain access to Department\u2062 of Defense\u200b secure computer networks,\u201d Gorman said. \u201cI \u2062commend the FBI for their diligent work \u200dto end his alleged efforts\u2064 to betray our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Washington \u200cState 29-year-old \u200dcan face \u2064up\u2062 to 10\u2062 years behind bars\u2064 for each\u200d count and a\u2063 $250,000 fine if he is found guilty. The U.S. Army Counterintelligence Command, along with the FBI, are investigating the\u200b case.<\/p>\n<p>This incident\u200d highlights the importance of maintaining the integrity\u2064 and\u2062 loyalty of individuals serving in the military, especially those with access to sensitive information.\u2064 It serves as a reminder of the ever-present threat of espionage and the need for stringent security measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>classified information to a foreign government. The ex-sergeant, Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 29, was apprehended by the Justice Department for his alleged involvement in passing sensitive data to China. 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