If he was planted he would have mentioned his initial contact with his Chinese handler to his fellow sailors, and he wouldn't have been getting paid to provide relatively minor intel itemsGiven that he has an entirely Chinese name & was in the USN for a relatively short time before starting his treason, I think Sandhi Yudha is right, & there was more to it than money. It's even possible that he was planted in the job.
Not necessarily. Here in lies the problem with vetting people with dual nationalities, there is no test for loyalty that is 100% accurate. It comes down to doing a risk assessment and making a judgement call but at the end of the day noone can read people's minds and predict what someone will do tomorrow.It gets me wondering about the security clearance processes that even let him join. Don’t think you’d get into the Australian forces in the same situation.
There is no 100% loyalty. Stop.
Anyone can decide, for billions of reasons (most of the time...money) to cooperate with an enemy or competitor.
This year in Italy a navy officer (a Captain) was sentenced to life in prison (30 years in Italy maximum for non violent crimes) for espionage in favour of the Russians, and he didn't even visited Russia in his life once.
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Navy officer Biot gets 29 yrs for passing secrets to Russia - General News - Ansa.it
Italian navy officer Walter Biot got a definitive sentence of 29 years for passing military secrets to the Russians on Wednesday. (ANSA)www.ansa.it