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Important Information to Share with Chinese Government.
That is the title of a Word document allegedly created by Joseph Schmidt, a former US Army Sergeant with Top Secret clearance.
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.
The FBI affidavit details info collected from his Google, Apple, and Microsoft accounts, showing he searched topics like “can you be extradited for treason,” and visited “What Do Real Spies Do and How are they Recruited – Reddit,” as well as this AMA by a former CIA intelligence officer.
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