Two US Navy sailors arrested on charges of sharing secrets with China


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Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested on charges of handing over sensitive national security material to China, U.S. officials said Thursday. The two active-duty members of the Navy have been charged with passing the secrets to Beijing, Assistant attorney-general Matt Olsen told reporters at a press conference in San Diego. Because of their actions, “sensitive military information ended up in the hands of the People’s Republic of China,” Olsen said. “There is no bigger, multigenerational threat to the United States than from the government of the People’s Republic of China, the PRC, and the Chinese Communist Party,” said Stacey...