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Former Soldier Indicted for Attempting to Pass National Defense Information to People’s Republic of China​


Friday, October 6, 2023
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For Immediate Release
Office of Public Affairs
Defendant Arrested Upon Arrival in San Francisco on Flight from Hong Kong
A former U.S. Army Sergeant whose last duty post was Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in western Washington was arrested today on an indictment charging him with two federal felonies: attempt to deliver national defense information and retention of national defense information. Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 29, will appear in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California later today and will be brought to the Western District of Washington for further court proceedings.
“Individuals entrusted with national defense information have a continuing duty to protect that information beyond their government service and certainly beyond our borders,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen. “The National Security Division is committed to identifying and holding accountable those who violate that duty.”
“Joseph Daniel Schmidt was once a trusted guardian of our nation’s secrets and swore an oath to defend and protect U.S. national security,” said Assistant Director Suzanne Turner of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division. “As alleged by the government, Schmidt betrayed his promise and potentially placed our nation at risk in his attempts to pass national defense information to Chinese security services. The FBI and our partners remain steadfast in our commitment to protecting the American people and U.S. national security."
“Members of our military take a sworn oath to defend our country and the Constitution. In that context the alleged actions of this former military member are shocking – not only attempting to provide national defense information, but also information that would assist a foreign adversary to gain access to Department of Defense secure computer networks,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman for the Western District of Washington. “I commend the FBI for their diligent work to end his alleged efforts to betray our country.”
According to records filed in the case, Schmidt was an active-duty soldier from January 2015 to January 2020. His primary assignment was at JBLM in the 109th Military Intelligence Battalion. In his role, Schmidt had access to SECRET and TOP SECRET information. After his separation from the military, Schmidt allegedly reached out to the Chinese Consulate in Turkey and later, the Chinese security services via email offering information about national defense information.
In March 2020, Schmidt traveled to Hong Kong and allegedly continued his efforts to provide Chinese intelligence with classified information he obtained from his military service. He allegedly retained a device that allows for access to secure military computer networks and offered the device to Chinese authorities to assist them in efforts to gain access to such networks.
Schmidt remained in China, primarily Hong Kong, until this week when he scheduled to fly to San Francisco. He was arrested at the airport.
Attempt to deliver national defense information and retention of national defense information are both punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The FBI is investigating the case, with valuable assistance provided by the U.S. Army Counterintelligence Command.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Greenberg for the Western District of Washington and Deputy Chief Matthew J. McKenzie of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section are prosecuting the case.
An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Schmidt Declaration

Schmidt Indictment
Updated October 6, 2023

 
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Damn a white boy soldier defecting to China. How times have changed, used to be only Taiwanese soldiers defecting
 
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LOL he just selling info to China. He actually got arrested in San Francisco.

Hate to break it up to you but China is a s-hole not worth defecting.
Maybe Yankees will defect to your shithole la la land.
 
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LOL he just selling info to China. He actually got arrested in San Francisco.

Hate to break it up to you but China is a s-hole not worth defecting.
Imagine India calling China a shithole. Lolol. You made my day bhai
 
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Where does it mention he defected???
If anything he got arrested at a US airport not some foreign embassy.
 
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Where does it mention he defected???
If anything he got arrested at a US airport not some foreign embassy.
for the past 2 years he stayed in HK where most defectors from the west are arranged to settle. Edward Snowden initially tried to come to HK too though he was considered too high profile at that time
 
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He will not be the only one, and more compatriots will follow the suit in the future.

When the US has become poor and weak, more Americans will become demoralized and less patriotic.
 
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for the past 2 years he stayed in HK where most defectors from the west are arranged to settle. Edward Snowden initially tried to come to HK too though he was considered too high profile at that time

Usually the definition of "defector" means they ask a country for asylum so they can't be grabbed off the street or extradited to their home country.

This guy got on a plane and landed in a US airport. Not exactly somebody doing something to not get grabbed.
 
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Usually the definition of "defector" means they ask a country for asylum so they can't be grabbed off the street or extradited to their home country.

This guy got on a plane and landed in a US airport. Not exactly somebody doing something to not get grabbed.
baffled me too, poor guy must have gotten homesick
 
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baffled me too, poor guy must have gotten homesick

I have a better idea. Since it looks like he didn't defect why don't you change the title back to the original one that actually tells the real story..and not your personal interpretation of it.

Former Soldier Indicted for Attempting to Pass National Defense Information to People’s Republic of China​

 
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Indians and Chinese shouldn't fight each other at every opportunity. In reality both have so much in common. Both were colonised and both were liberated by White Boys, both work in my sweat shops and send money to their families, both were dying of hunger for millenia. Both got fed and employed using White Boy inventions. Both are are islamophobs, both of them are slaves of Brahman or the member of the Central Commity , which the same like Brahman just different name.
So get together and show to the world how important and shunned for no reason you have been so far. Show it to us White Boys.
 
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