Active-Duty Soldier Charged With Sending Controlled Information to Russia
An active-duty service member of the U.S. Army was charged with trying to send national defense information to a foreign adversary and trying to export controlled technical data, DOJ announced Aug. 6. Taylor Lee, stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, allegedly tried to send information on the M1A2 Abrams tank, an "armored fighting vehicle used by the U.S. military" and combat operations to the Russian military.
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Starting around May, Lee attempted to establish his "credentials" as a member of the U.S. Army and send defense information to Russia's Ministry of Defense, DOJ said. In June, Lee allegedly sent export-controlled technical information on the M1A2 tank to Russia. The next month, Lee passed a storage device SD card containing sensitive information during an in-person meeting he believed to be with a representative of the Russian government. "Throughout the meeting, Lee stated that the information on the SD card was sensitive and likely classified," DOJ said.