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Speaker 1: Soldier, Texas soldier arrested after allegedly passing sensitive US battle

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tank information to the Russians. He had top security clearance,

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and he was arrested about a week ago allegedly attempting

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to hand over the information to the Russian government. Private

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first Class Taylor Adam Lee, twenty two years of age,

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was an active duty soldier stationed at Fort Bliss. Allegedly

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passed on sensitive and classified information to a person he

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believed was a Russian Ministry of Defense. He was nabbed

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Wednesday and Elpaso on federal charges of attempted transmission of

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national defense information to a foreign adversary. In June, the

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alleged two FASE soldier began to transmit classified technical information

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to the Russian government about the one two Abrams tank

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online and offers it offered his assistance to the Russian Federation.

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Lee held a top secret and sensitive compartmented information security

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clearance of the FBI. The USA is not happy with

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me for trying to expose their weaknesses, said Lee. At

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this point I even volunteered assist the Russian Federation with

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them there in any way. In July, Lee met up

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with someone whom he believed to be a Russian official

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in person handing over an SD card packed with sensitive

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information about the M one A two. As the story continues,

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well the soldier, let's find out how he did this.

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In July, Lee met up with someone whom he believed

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to be a Russian official in person, handing over an

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SD card packed with sensitive information about the M one

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A two Abrams tank. Lee was not licensed to obtain

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several documents on the SD card, and the private continually

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told the official it contained sensitive and likely classified information.

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After discussing a specific piece of internal tank hardware during

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the July meeting, he allegedly dropped off the part of

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a story ward unit in El Paso on July thirty one,

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sending a mission accomplished message to a supposed Russian contact.

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When he was done. Thanks to the hard work of

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Army Encounter Intelligence and the FBI, soldiers who violate their

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oath and become insider threats will absolutely be caught and

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brought to justice. So luckily they caught him before anything

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serious happened.