{"id":2411878,"date":"2025-03-10T08:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T12:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-kash-patel-announces-sudden-arrest-of-us-soldiers-empowering-adversaries-like-china\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T08:17:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T12:17:30","slug":"fbi-director-kash-patel-announces-sudden-arrest-of-us-soldiers-empowering-adversaries-like-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-kash-patel-announces-sudden-arrest-of-us-soldiers-empowering-adversaries-like-china\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Director Kash Patel Announces Sudden Arrest of US Soldiers: \u2018Empowering Adversaries Like China\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Ffbi-director-kash-patel-announces-sudden-arrest-of-us-soldiers-empowering-adversaries-like-china%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=2411878&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>FBI Director Kash Patel announced \u200cthe arrest of two active-duty U.S. Army soldiers, Jian Zhao and Li Tian, along\u200b with a former soldier, ruoyu Duan, for allegedly stealing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pompeo-pushes-investigation-into-kerry-for-leaking-secrets-to-iran\/\" title=\"Pompeo Pushes Investigation Into Kerry for Leaking Secrets to Iran\">sensitive military information<\/a> to benefit \u2062China. the arrests\u200c followed federal grand jury indictments in Oregon and Washington.\u2062 Between November 2021 and\u200b December 2024, the soldiers conspired to gather\u2063 sensitive data regarding U.S. Army operational capabilities, including technical \u200cmanuals and information \u200bon \u2062weapons systems.\u200b Tian \u2064is \u200caccused of transferring this\u200c information to Duan\u2064 for payment, while Zhao allegedly attempted to\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">send national defense information<\/a> to China and received\u2064 at least $15,000\u2062 for selling classified materials. These \u200cactions are viewed as serious \u2062breaches \u200bof \u2063duty\u2063 that\u2063 threaten \u200dU.S. \u2063national security, and \u2064Patel emphasized the FBI&#8217;s commitment \u200bto addressing such espionage activities.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the law enforcement agency, along with staff for Attorney General Pam Bondi, arrested two current U.S. Army soldiers and one former U.S. Army soldier, who allegedly stole government secrets for the benefit of China.<\/p>\n<p>Jian Zhao and Li Tian, the two active duty soldiers, and Ruoyu Duan, a former soldier, were arrested on Thursday &ldquo;following indictments by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-subpoenaed-to-testify-in-criminal-investigation-into-trump\/\" title=\"Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Subpoenaed To Testify In Criminal Investigation Into Trump\">federal grand juries<\/a> in the District of Oregon and the Western District of Washington,&rdquo; according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/active-duty-and-former-us-army-soldiers-arrested-theft-government-property-and-bribery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release<\/a> from the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>Duan and Tian allegedly engaged in a conspiracy between November 2021 and December 2024 that involved gathering &ldquo;sensitive military information related to the United States Army&rsquo;s operational capabilities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That allegedly included &ldquo;technical manuals and other sensitive information.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tian then allegedly transferred that information to Duan in return for payment.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Tian allegedly recovered information about American weapons systems, like the Bradley and Stryker vehicles, then sent the data to Duan.<\/p>\n<p>Zhao allegedly conspired to &ldquo;transmit national defense information to individuals based in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/two-startling-finds-made-inside-chinese-spy-balloon-much-worse-biden-said\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He received at least $15,000 for the sale of classified hard drives and other sensitive information.<\/p>\n<p>He also allegedly stole an encryption capable computer with information about the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, as well as American military readiness &ldquo;in the event of a conflict with the People&rsquo;s Republic of China.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Those alleged actions violate the duties of Army officers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: I can now report that today the FBI, along with our interagency partners led by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGPamBondi?\">@AGPamBondi<\/a>, arrested two active duty U.S. Army soldiers and one former U.S. Army soldier for theft of government property and a bribery scheme.<\/p>\n<p>These individuals have been charged with&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/1897838771611017601?\">March 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  &ldquo;I can now report that today the FBI, along with our interagency partners led by @AGPamBondi, arrested two active duty U.S. Army soldiers and one former U.S. Army soldier for theft of government property and a bribery scheme,&rdquo; Patel posted to X on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These individuals have been charged with stealing America&rsquo;s defense intelligence capabilities and empowering adversaries like China in betrayal of our country. They will now face American justice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kash-patel-finally-reveals-truth-honeypot-operation-integrity-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bondi-hammered-announcing-redactions-epstein-docs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bondi<\/a>, and other federal officials emphasized the need to handle such breaches.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While bribery and corruption have thrived under China&rsquo;s Communist Party, this behavior cannot be tolerated with our service members who are entrusted with sensitive military information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-to-appoint-special-master-to-review-trump-records-seized-by-fbi\/\" title=\"Judge to Appoint &quot;Special Master&quot; to Review Trump Records Seized by FBI\">including national defense information<\/a>,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kash-drops-first-huge-bomb-fbi-looks-like-dc-elites-packing-bags-alabama-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patel<\/a> said in a statement, per the DOJ&nbsp; release.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The FBI and our partners will continue to work to uncover attempts by those in China to steal sensitive U.S. military information and hold all accountable who play a role in betraying our national defense,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The FBI would like to thank U.S. Army Counterintelligence for their close partnership during this investigation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bondi meanwhile said that &ldquo;the defendants arrested today are accused of betraying our country, actively working to weaken America&rsquo;s defense capabilities and empowering our adversaries in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/weakness-bidens-government-literally-cant-remove-chinese-spies-caught-red-handed-ransacking-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She vowed that &ldquo;[t]hey will face swift, severe, and comprehensive justice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The active soldiers, Jian Zhao and Li Tian, along with former soldier Ruoyu Duan, were taken into custody following federal grand jury indictments in Oregon and Washington. They are accused of conspiring from November 2021 to December 2024 to collect sensitive military information about the U.S. Army&#8217;s operational capabilities, including technical manuals. Tian reportedly transferred this information to Duan for payment. Additionally, he is alleged to have gathered data on American weapons systems like the Bradley and Stryker vehicles before sending it to Duan. Zhao is accused of attempting to transmit national defense information to individuals in China and received over $15,000 for selling classified materials and hard drives containing sensitive data about U.S. military readiness against potential conflicts with China\u2014actions that violate Army officer duties.<\/p>\n<p>Patel stated on social media that these arrests highlight serious breaches of trust by service members entrusted with sensitive military information. He emphasized the FBI&#8217;s commitment to uncovering attempts by foreign entities like China seeking such intelligence while ensuring accountability for those involved in compromising national defense.<\/p>\n<p>Bondi echoed these sentiments, asserting that those arrested are charged with betraying their country by undermining America&#8217;s defense capabilities while promising they will face swift justice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2411879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kash-Patel.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50645,44864,51849],"class_list":["post-2411878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-fbi-2","tag-kash-patel","tag-us-soldiers"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Kash-Patel.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411878","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411878"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411883,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411878\/revisions\/2411883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}