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  • In the first case, machinist’s mate Jinchao Wei, also known as Patrick Wei, 22, was arrested Wednesday when he showed up for work at Naval Base San Diego. He was charged with four counts related to leaking sensitive information, including the crime of espionage. It’s the sixth time that statute, under U.S. Code Section 794, has been charged across the country in the past six years, according to the Justice Department.


    Wei started communicating with a Chinese intelligence officer in February 2022 about the amphibious assault ship he worked on, the USS Essex, and other ships, federal authorities alleged. Wei and the Chinese intelligence officer agreed to delete conversation records and make sure their communications were encrypted, authorities added.


    Since March 2022, Wei told the agent about where certain Navy ships were located and sent images and footage of the Essex for thousands of dollars, according to the indictment. In one case, for $5,000, he sent roughly 30 ship manuals that described damage controls and systems operations, authorities alleged. The indictment in the case alleges he was told that at least 10 of the manuals were useful to the Chinese officer.


    Wei also sent photos of military equipment after the intelligence officer asked for details about a Marine Corps warfare exercise, the indictment alleged, and later 26 manuals about the power structure of his and other Navy vessels that showed what the Navy called “critical technology.” Wei also sent a weapons system manual for the Essex and other ships, knowingly violating the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the indictment added.


    The other service member indicted, Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, 26, also known as Thomas Zhao, was arrested after allegedly sending sensitive military information to someone posing as a maritime economic researcher in exchange for money. The person was actually a Chinese intelligence officer, according to the Justice Department, but had allegedly told Zhao that they wanted the information for investment research. Zhao worked at Naval Base Ventura County in Port Hueneme.

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  • Are they American citizens or are they immigrants that joined as a path to citizenship? The article doesn’t say. If they are citizens then we can’t bar them from serving solely based on their Chinese ethnicity. I think that Walker/Whitworth proved that anyone can be a traitorous shitbag, and that race has nothing to do with it.


    Now on the other hand, if they are recent immigrants that joined with their green card under the guise of serving to gain citizenship, we probably shouldn’t let Chinese serve.