- Taylor Adam Lee, a 22-year-old U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, was arrested on August 6, 2025, for attempting to transmit national defense information to Russia and exporting controlled technical data without a license.
- From May to July 2025, Lee, holding a Top-Secret security clearance, allegedly sent sensitive M1A2 Abrams tank information online to Russia’s Ministry of Defense, offered assistance, and passed an SD card with classified and controlled data to an individual he believed was a Russian agent.
- On July 31, 2025, Lee delivered what appeared to be M1A2 Abrams tank hardware to a storage unit in El Paso, messaging “Mission accomplished” to the supposed Russian representative. Read More