$42,000.
I hope the secrets were like "how to properly clean the latrine" for that cheap of a price.
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“Oh, it’s gonna be clean when I’m done with it”
The purported Hong Kong resident asked Sgt Schultz to collect sensitive data related to missile defence and mobile artillery systems, according to court records.
Sgt Schultz also collected data on US fighter aircraft, military tactics, and the US military's defence strategy for Taiwan, based on what it learned from Russia's war in Ukraine.
Jesus 😳
I don't know if this is the situation, but I'm guessing it's something related- If you owe $42,000 to your bookies, that might be worth selling a few secrets.
Sgt Schultz also collected data on US fighter aircraft, military tactics, and the US military's defence strategy for Taiwan, based on what it learned from Russia's war in Ukraine.
42 grand to sell out your country and fellow soldiers like that?!?! Fuck. Me. I am utterly shocked at how cheap that is.
42 to give up your life, universe, and everything.
So long, and thanks for nothing!
Hey, Americans would do it for less. The smug feeling of proving themselves right on a War Thunder forum is compensation enough for some.
Whenever I read something like this, I think about that and wonder why there is still no meaningful prosecution whatsoever.
When you're the president, they let you do it. Grab em right by the intel.
Yes, that is apparently pretty much what the supreme court says. But unfortunately at least Thomas and Alito are obviously corrupt as well.
What the hell are these pieces of shit thinking?
They're thinking "My employer doesn't pay me enough for me to live comfortably, gotta do something about it..."
~~If they were struggling financially they wouldn’t have been granted a clearance in the first place.~~
After being promised more money from his handler, he said in another message: "I hope so! I need to get my other BMW back!".
…maybe they skimped on the background check?
You can get your background check and get in financial trouble after the fact and you can also get the job and realize that you're underpaid for your level of responsibility... But it might have been greed plain and simple.
Definitely - especially since they’re given clearances while they’re still practically kids and have no substantial financial history.
Basically, if you can get approved for a credit card with a $100 limit, you can get approved for a security clearance.
In theory sure. In practice, damn near anyone can get a clearance if their CO leans on the evaluating body a little. It's ridiculous some of people we happily hand serious, hardcore state secrets to
I remember people on Reddit talking about how these young enlisted guys would see their military paychecks and just buy shit right and left not realizing that they can't actually afford it. So all these sergeants would have brand new expensive cars parked at their barracks (or however that works).
Hopefully by the time they reach Sergeant they have more sense than that.
There definitely is truth to stereotype of privates buying Hellcats at the low low rate of 24.99% APY though…
I was going to make a joke about a relatively young, new member of the military blowing their signing bonus as a downpayment on a car they can't really afford, but uh... ate the onion.
There's a reason many military bases have a ton of car dealerships in close proximity.
They’re thinking it’s an easy payday for information that is probably going to be declassified anyways
A real American hero - just like Trump. /s