CNN: Army Intelligence Analyst Charged with Selling Military Secrets to Contact in China for $42,000

BOLDUAN A U S ░░░░░░░░ sergeant is accused of ░░░░░░░░ government secrets to China ░░░░░░░░ 42 000 Prosecutors say ░░░░░░░░ year old Korbein Schultz ░░░░░░░░ he wanted to be ░░░░░░░░ real life Jason Bourne ░░░░░░░░ this has been a ░░░░░░░░ couple of weeks of ░░░░░░░░ headlines His indictment comes ░░░░░░░░ it comes just days ░░░░░░░░ federal prosecutors charged a ░░░░░░░░ army lieutenant colonel with ░░░░░░░░ classified information on a ░░░░░░░░ dating site you ll ░░░░░░░░ remember CNN s Natasha ░░░░░░░░ is at the Pentagon ░░░░░░░░ more on this Natasha ░░░░░░░░ are you learning about ░░░░░░░░ new indictment BERTRAND Well ░░░░░░░░ this is an army ░░░░░░░░ as you said who ░░░░░░░░ also an intelligence analyst ░░░░░░░░ the 506th infantry battalion ░░░░░░░░ he apparently developed a ░░░░░░░░ with someone who was ░░░░░░░░ known as conspirator A ░░░░░░░░ these charging documents but ░░░░░░░░ was posing or at ░░░░░░░░ was saying that they ░░░░░░░░ a foreign national living ░░░░░░░░ Hong Kong and over ░░░░░░░░ course of over a ░░░░░░░░ this individual was selling ░░░░░░░░ information and classified documents ░░░░░░░░ to prosecutors to this ░░░░░░░░ and those documents largely ░░░░░░░░ interestingly to the war ░░░░░░░░ Ukraine This individual conspirator ░░░░░░░░ allegedly a foreign national ░░░░░░░░ was asked getting Korbein ░░░░░░░░ who is this army ░░░░░░░░ for information relating to ░░░░░░░░ American weapons systems and ░░░░░░░░ information related to the ░░░░░░░░ that the U S ░░░░░░░░ learned from supporting Ukraine ░░░░░░░░ its war against Russia ░░░░░░░░ could then be applied ░░░░░░░░ supporting Taiwan against a ░░░░░░░░ invasion by China And ░░░░░░░░ this was according to ░░░░░░░░ a really developed scheme ░░░░░░░░ in which ultimately Korbein ░░░░░░░░ was paid 42 000 ░░░░░░░░ these documents that he ░░░░░░░░ providing to this foreign ░░░░░░░░ Over the course of ░░░░░░░░ year those payments got ░░░░░░░░ and larger according to ░░░░░░░░ kinds of documents he ░░░░░░░░ be providing This handler ░░░░░░░░ A he was asking ░░░░░░░░ more and more secret ░░░░░░░░ that he could then ░░░░░░░░ for his own purposes ░░░░░░░░ so what we re ░░░░░░░░ of course is that ░░░░░░░░ was appeared to be ░░░░░░░░ simply by money and ░░░░░░░░ apparently by ego As ░░░░░░░░ said he wanted to ░░░░░░░░ Jason Bourne and he ░░░░░░░░ made reference to needing ░░░░░░░░ get back his BMW ░░░░░░░░ so a lot at ░░░░░░░░ here but as you ░░░░░░░░ this does come just ░░░░░░░░ after other individuals were ░░░░░░░░ with leaking classified information ░░░░░░░░ foreign nationals including on ░░░░░░░░ dating site And of ░░░░░░░░ just days after Jack ░░░░░░░░ who leaked all of ░░░░░░░░ classified information online pleaded ░░░░░░░░ to doing so and ░░░░░░░░ going to be sentenced ░░░░░░░░ soon for that Kate ░░░░░░░░ Yeah Natasha it s ░░░░░░░░ the compounding nature of ░░░░░░░░ one after another each ░░░░░░░░ as strange as the ░░░░░░░░ of what s motivating ░░░░░░░░ allegedly to do this ░░░░░░░░ is so scary Thank ░░░░░░░░ so much for bringing ░░░░░░░░ the reporting.”