Within days of taking over the FBI, Director Kash Patel was forced to confront the nightmare scenario every American dreads:<\/p>\n
betrayal from within the military itself. Federal indictments allege that Jian Zhao and Li Tian,<\/p>\n
both active-duty soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and former soldier Ruoyu Duan were poised to hand over sensitive<\/p>\n
national defense information to Chinese agents. Prosecutors say it wasn\u2019t a momentary lapse but a deliberate effort,<\/p>\n
sweetened by bribes and theft of government property, to turn U.S.<\/p>\n
secrets into personal gain and strategic advantage for a foreign adversary.<\/p>\n
Attorney General Pam Bondi condemned the alleged plot as an attack on America\u2019s defenses, vowing \u201cswift,<\/p>\n
severe, and comprehensive justice.\u201d Patel framed the arrests as a stark warning: the government is watching,<\/p>\n
and betrayal will be hunted down. Now the nation waits to learn how deep this breach went\u2014and whether more hidden traitors will follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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