The Department of Justice arrested two sailors in separate cases for spying for the People’s Republic of China. China expects Chinese-born people in America to spy for them if asked.
Jinchaeo Wei
Jinchao Wei, a 22-year-old sailor assigned to the San Diego-based USS Essex, was arrested Wednesday while boarding the ship. Wei is accused of passing detailed information on the weapons systems and aircraft aboard the Essex and other amphibious assault ships that act as small aircraft carriers.
He was born in China. He did it for $10,000 to $15,000.
Wenheng Zhao
The Justice Department also charged sailor Wenheng Zhao, 26, based at Naval Base Ventura County, north of San Diego, with conspiring to collect nearly $15,000 in bribes from a Chinese intelligence officer in exchange for operational plans for a large-scale U.S. military exercise in the Indo-Pacific region, which detailed the location and timing of naval force movements, and other information including electrical diagrams and blueprints for a radar system in a base in Okinawa, Japan.
Prosecutors say Zhao, who also went by the name Thomas Zhao, also surreptitiously recorded information that he handed over. If convicted, Zhao could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
U.S. Attorney Grossman said the charges reflect that China “stands apart in terms of the threat that its government poses to the United States. China is unrivaled in its audacity and the range of its maligned efforts to subvert our laws.”
He added that the U.S. will use “every tool in our arsenal to counter the threat and to deter China and those who have violated the rule of law and threaten our national security.”
These two did it for a paltry sum of money. Were they sent here from China, or did they do it for the pittance?
This is the military that the democrat’s Obamessiah left us. He gutted the leadership and installed liberals faithful only to his excellency. Is this the new American way? Have democrats finally eliminated the constitution?
How about Americans only in our armed forces…
Ever notice the majority of spies are Chinks?
the enemy within, why did we just import 30,000 more of them?
After a career in the high tech industry I found that every Chinese-born person in high tech still has extensive family ties in China. I don’t think they can get out if they don’t. This is called leverage and China uses it to get whatever we want.
And then, the stupid military/government will give citizenship to any alien willing to serve in the military. Well, duh, if they aren’t even citizens where are their allegiances?
A failing Republic run by idiots or traitors.. pick one or both.
When I got my certs for enterprise IT and fm/tv broadcast engineering, the demons approached me peobably twice, tpo do stuff “for them” that would keep me “controllable”. I told them SEVEN figures, LEFT of the decimal, OR GET OUT! (I WAS calling their bluff-they FAILED!)
They NEVER came back-but I DID get 17 traffic tickets in a row in a short time…it failed, I’m STILL retired in Florida, ten minutes from the beach.
the U.S. gov’t has allowed chinese spies in every branch of government that they could. they have knowingly done this, & they have refused to purge the system of these chinese spies. The government is thoroughly compromised from every possible angle.
“Our” Govt has also allowed known CCP agents to purchase thousands of acres adjacent and surrounding American Military Installations,… (just in case they needed access) China is also heavily invested in a large number of American Universities, where they steal current research data,…..
The number of American Traitors is incredible, and the list begins with the current resident of the White House and his family. They have been selling us out for decades… For some reason, most Americans just do not care.
what did the morons in the military leadership think was going to happen with these two obvious spy’s?
Chinese commie spies & an illegal Chinese bio-lab in CA? What’s next?
Governor Newsom is doing a great job of protecting the people of his state; maybe he will become our next president (sarcasm intended)!
I wonder if either had a SAR filed against their monies received?
Keel haul the scurvy naves!
Why on Earth would anyone born in China ever be given clearance for access to anything classified!?
A question of mine for years. Arrests of Chinese nationals, some in weapons research and other militarily important facilities, have been going on for twenty years or better. This is what you get with blind anti-discrimination policies.
Ha ha ha! These Chinese operatives get busted while FJB lives in the White House. And all three are guilty of the same crime.
Except that the White House Crew scammed for tens of millions of dollars,… yearly!
Here’s a thought, stop enlisting foreigners into our armed forces. In 2007 I was the only one born in the US out of a 15 man electrical shop in the navy. Problems recruiting? Make 2yrs service mandatory after high school.
han gth em
“He added that the U.S. will use ‘every tool in our arsenal to counter the threat and to deter China and those who have violated the rule of law and threaten our national security.”
Except Closing our border… and keeping foreign nationals or entities from purchasing land around national security sites… or making sure they don’t set up illegal labs in our cities… or …
Biden Crime Family took millions in bribes from the CCP. How about arresting them for treason?
40 years ago, foreign born nationals did not get TS clearances. They could be in the military and serve as cooks, mechanics and clerks. Yeah, that was pretty racist, but, the Presidents son wasn’t shaking down our enemies. MAGA
they were robbed. Creepy Joe got paid millions.
They should be executed in a slow and extremely painful manner.
Just like Biden.
At the very least, they should stand for the same in depth investigation. With all the evidence against the Biden’s, they are still protected by the deep state. There is the problem.
Why are we recruiting chinese-born into the military? Dumb.
Shocked I tell you. Two Chinese Communists in the US Navy spying for their home country. What saps they are in the US government.
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION MATERIAL.
B. Hussein material.