Summary
A U.S. soldier, Taylor Adam Lee, is charged with trying to give Russia sensitive information about the U.S. Army's main battle tank, the M1A2 Abrams. The charges include attempting to send national defense details to a foreign government and trying to export controlled data illegally.
Key Facts
- Taylor Adam Lee is an active duty U.S. soldier stationed at Fort Bliss in Texas.
- He is charged with trying to share information about the M1A2 Abrams tank with Russia.
- The U.S. Justice Department announced the charges, which include trying to transmit national defense information and export technical data without a license.
- Lee offered this information to Russia online in exchange for Russian citizenship.
- He allegedly met someone he thought was a Russian agent, sharing a memory card with technical data in July.
- The data he tried to share was labeled as "Controlled Unclassified Information."
- Lee also allegedly tried to give a piece of the tank hardware to Russia during a meeting in El Paso, Texas.
- The case is being handled in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
