Former soldier searched Google, Reddit for spying tips, prosecutors say — Investigators say they found a document on the man’s computer titled: “Important Information to Share with Chinese Governme…::A document titled “Important Information to Share with Chinese Government" was allegedly found on the former soldier’s computer.

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    “Important Information to Share with Chinese Government"

    I’m not a conspiracy person but does this not reek of a setup? 😂 Like surely someone spying for the chinese government wouldn’t just title a document that…

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      You’d be surprised how inept some people can be. Back when I worked in defense, we heard a story about a guy who, while preparing to exfiltrate sensitive data, named the file “data_to_exfiltrate.zip”. What a moron.

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      https://www.justice.gov/media/1318381/dl?inline

      Here’s the link the the FBI’s released on the topic. If this was a set up the FBI is as bad at espionage as Schmidt was. He literally offered to commit treason for China via his normal gmail, with his real name attached, that was given to the US army by himself.