TREASON? Kash Patel Announces Arrests of Three Soldiers for Selling Military Secrets

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Kash Patel just announced the arrests of two active-duty U.S. soldiers — Jian Zhao and Li Tian — as well as one former soldier — Ruoyu Duan.

Tian and Duan were charged with “conspiring to commit bribery and theft of government property.” Zhao faces the same charges, as well as an additional charge of “conspiring to commit bribery and theft of government property.”

In other words, they are facing allegations of betraying their nation and selling government secrets to China.

On X, Patel said that the soldiers stand accused of “stealing America’s defense intelligence capabilities and empowering adversaries like China in betrayal of our country.”

Here’s that post:

Sounds a lot like treason to me…

Here are the details:

The Seattle Times reported:

Two soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord and a former soldier have been indicted on charges of selling military secrets, bribery and theft of government property.

Army 1st Lt. Li Tian, a health services administrator, and Sgt. Jian Zhao, a supply sergeant for the 17th Field Artillery Brigade, are accused along with a former JBLM soldier, Ruoyo Duan, who served in the Army from 2013 to 2017, according to indictments filed in Tacoma and Portland.

The charges allege they were involved in a conspiracy to sell computer equipment and other items containing classified information to a Chinese resident. The indictment alleges Zhao was paid $15,000.

Zhao was arrested by FBI agents Thursday in Lacey, Thurston County. He is expected to enter a plea to the three-count indictment later. A detention memorandum filed by prosecutors says Zhao’s actions “pose a danger to national security.”

The arrests were trumpeted by U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi in a news release where she declared the “defendants arrested today are accused of betraying our country, actively working to weaken America’s defense capabilities and empowering our adversaries in China.”

“They will face swift, severe, and comprehensive justice,” she said.

The conspiracy charge carries a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in federal prison. Bribery carries a sentence of up to 10 years, and theft up to five years in prison.

FBI Director Kash Patel said that while “bribery and corruption have thrived under China’s Communist Party, this behavior cannot be tolerated with our service members who are entrusted with sensitive military information, including national defense information.”

The Oregon indictment, which names Duan and Tian, alleges between November 2021 and December 2024, Duan and Tian conspired to “surreptitiously gather sensitive military information related to the United States Army’s operational capabilities, including technical manuals and other sensitive information, and that Tian transmitted this information to Duan in return for money,” according to the Department of Justice.

Fox 13 Seattle added:

Three men — two of them serving as U.S. Army soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington — have been indicted for conspiracy to steal national defense information and send it to China.

According to the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice, federal authorities arrested Jian Zhao, Li Tian and Ruoyo Duan for conspiracy to commit bribery and theft of government property.

Zhao and Tian were stationed at JBLM, while Duan is a former U.S. Army soldier, according to the feds.

“The defendants arrested today are accused of betraying our country, actively working to weaken America’s defense capabilities and empowering our adversaries in China,” said Attorney General Pamela J. Bondi. “They will face swift, severe, and comprehensive justice.”

Indictments filed in Washington and Oregon allege that from Nov. 28, 2021 until Dec. 19, 2024, the three suspects conspired to gather “sensitive military information” on the U.S. Army. Information included technical manuals, operational capabilities and military weapons systems, authorities say.

If found guilty, these men should be punished to the full extent of the law.

Anyone remember what the punishment for treason is?..



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