Former Army sergeant indicted for efforts to give classified information to China
Former Army Sgt. Joseph Daniel Schmidt was indicted Friday for efforts to give classified information to China, according to the Department of Justice. A former U.S. Army sergeant was arrested Friday at the San Francisco airport and indicted on charges that he unlawfully retained classified information and attempted to deliver it to China's security services, the Justice Department announced. Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 29, served as an active duty soldier between 2015 and 2020 with his primary assignment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, prosecutors said. Two months after leaving the Army, he traveled to Hong Kong after he had allegedly reached out to China's consulate in Turkey and later directly to China's security services offering classified information, according to the statement. While in Hong Kong, he continued his efforts to pass classified intelligence to the Chinese and "allegedly retained a device that allows for access to secure Military ...