Two US Navy sailors have been indicted and arrested for allegedly sending sensitive US military information to Chinese intelligence officers . One of the sailors Jinchao Wei was arrested Wednesday as he arrived for work at Naval Base San Diego according to a statement released Thursday by the US Attorney for the Southern District of California . The indictment against Wei was unsealed Thursday and is separate from the charges against Wenheng Zhao . The arrests mark at least the third time this year that US service members have been arrested and charged with espionage . Another US service member with a security clearance and access to classified national defense information Jack Teixeira was indicted for allegedly leaking classified intelligence that he obtained as part of his job in the Massachusetts Air National Guard to the social media platform Discord . The case against Zhao is part of a larger national strategy to combat criminal efforts from nation state actors to steal our nations sensitive military information . We have entrusted members of our military with tremendous responsibility and great faith, says U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman of the Central District of the Southern district of California said . We are working through the process that we have done a very thorough analysis on steps that can be taken to further tighten up and were working through that process that were now working through this process that have been updated with additional information. We have a robust set of policies and procedures in place. We are not going through the situation that youre as youre aware we have a very detailed process that can further tighten and we are working. We were working to further clarify. We need to clarify that we are aware that we need to be careful. We do not have the appropriate procedures. We don’t have the correct policies and we’re working through. We’ve done a
2 US Navy sailors arrested for allegedly sharing sensitive military information with China . U.S
