一名美军老兵因试图向中国出售机密军事机密而被判处4年徒刑。 A U.S. Army veteran was sentenced to 4 years in prison for trying to sell classified military secrets to China.

约瑟夫·丹尼尔·施密特(Joseph Daniel Schmidt)是一名31岁的前美国陆军中士,在路易斯-麦克尔德联合基地获得最高机密军事情报,他因试图向中国提供机密情报而被判处4年监禁和3年监督释放。 Joseph Daniel Schmidt, a 31-year-old former U.S. Army sergeant with access to top-secret military intelligence at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, was sentenced to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for attempting to deliver classified information to China. 2025年6月,他通过驻土耳其领事馆与中国当局联系,制作秘密文件,并于2020年3月在香港提供进入安全军事网络的渠道,对两起联邦重罪认罪。 He pleaded guilty in June 2025 to two federal felonies after contacting Chinese authorities via the consulate in Turkey, producing secret documents, and offering access to secure military networks while in Hong Kong in March 2020. 初次接触17天后,他获得了前往中国的工作签证,在抵达旧金山后一直呆在那里,直到2023年10月被捕。 Seventeen days after initial contact, he obtained a work visa to China and remained there until his arrest in October 2023 upon arrival in San Francisco. 当局发现他研究过叛国罪的引渡 Authorities found he had researched extradition for treason. 联邦调查局和美国陆军反情报司令部领导了调查,官员强调破坏信任和威胁国家安全。 The FBI and U.S. Army Counterintelligence Command led the investigation, with officials stressing the breach of trust and threat to national security.