[texas booster]

Petty Officer Wenheng “Thomas” Zhao, 26, pleaded guilty last October to conspiracy and receiving a bribe. Zhao, who had faced a maximum of 20 years in prison, received only 27 months and a light $5,500 fine for transmitting sensitive U.S. military information to an intelligence officer from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in exchange for bribery payments.

That fine is considerably lower than the $14,866 in at least 14 separate bribe payments China paid Zhao.

[Red Badger]

A slap on the wrist!.....................

[Lurker]

“Zhao transmitted plans for a large-scale maritime training exercise in the Pacific theatre, operational orders and electrical diagrams and blueprints for a Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar system located in Okinawa, Japan.”

27 months for that? He should face a firing squad.

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[texas booster]

I first saw this on gCaptain. Since we shouldn’t post from them I went to the DoJ press release.

Is there anything that the DoJ can’t screw up?

Caught red handed, they throw a kleenex at him.

But watch out for those eevvilll white nationalists that (are not) in the military.

[NorthMountain]

He should have been fined several times the amount of the bribe, and given 5 years minimum.

IMO.

Diversity is our strength ...

[FLT-bird]

27 months? That’s it? Jan 6 political prisoners have been held longer than that without even getting a fair trial. This guy only gets 27 months for spying?

How long are the sentences of US spies who get caught by the Chinese for spying there? It seems to me the least we could do is reciprocate.

[HippyLoggerBiker]

[Skwor]

This guy should be doing 30 to life and had all his assets confiscated.

he literally encysted his transmission of sensitive material, there can be no doubt of his intent.

He is guilty of treason, if we were at war with China it would warrant a firing squad!

[G Larry]

They don’t want the sentence to be too long in the event it sets precedent for when Hunter and Joe are convicted.

[justme4now]

Remind me.
How long did that sailor get that was taking pictures to send his family on the submarine he was serving on?

Guess he wasn’t Chinese?🤔

[DesertRhino]

27 months? That wouldn’t even get a J6 hostage to their first hearing. I guess being a Chinese spy isn’t as serious.

[blueunicorn6]

Hillary Clinton should have sent him a dust cloth.

[brownsfan]

A Biden relative?

[The Sons of Liberty]

U.S. Navy Sailor Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Transmitting Sensitive U.S. Military Information to Chinese Intelligence

A very light sentence. Was it because he was working for Traitor Joe and Hunter?

[logi_cal869]

I wonder why they didn’t charge him as a ‘spy’… /s

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“Mr. Zhao betrayed his solemn oath to defend his country and endangered those who serve in the U.S. military,”

Treason used to be punishable by death. He should have been hung from the yardarm of the closest ship.

[SuperLuminal]

Unbelievable!
Particularly compared to the monstrous sentences handed out to the J6 peaceful protesters...
The SOB POS needs old sparky!

[sten]

Espionage and all he gets is a short in prison and PART of the money he was paid?!!?

[Vermont Lt]

Why isn’t he going to prison for life?

I think he should be taken halfway to China and dropped into the ocean.

[mdmathis6]

Probably more going on behind the scenes considering the light sentence. File under: How to look like a spy for the other guys without actually being a spy for the other guys.

[dfwgator]

This is why we interned the Japanese during WWII.