US Army Sergeant Charged With National Defense Information Breach

Published on March 7, 2024

In what was called a press briefing with “national importance” in relation to national security, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee, in conjunction with federal and military agencies, announced a federal indictment against a U.S. Army sergeant for unauthorized dissemination of sensitive national defense information to China. Henry C. Leventis, U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, alongside Doug D. Podesta, special agent in charge of the Memphis field office, Roy Cochran (ex-Army), and others detailed the explosive charges at a press conference earlier today. The indictment by a federal grand jury accuses U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst Korbein Schultz with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information to China, exporting technical data related to defense articles without a license, conspiracy to export defense articles without a license, and bribery of a public official. Mr. Schultz is a member of the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and was arrested at the military base on March 7, and is set to make his initial court appearance tomorrow....

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