A 22-year-old U.S. Army soldier in Texas was arrested Wednesday and charged with attempting to send sensitive information about U.S. battle tanks to Russia, the Justice Department said in a news release .

Federal prosecutors allege that Taylor Adam Lee, who is an active-duty service member stationed at Fort Bliss and possesses a very high, top-secret clearance, offered assistance to Russia and sent technical information about the M1A2 Abrams tank online in June.

Lee, according to prosecutors, stated online that “the USA is not happy with me for trying to expose their weaknesses,” and said, “At this point I’d even volunteer to assist the Russian federation when I’m there in any way.”

Prosecutors also allege that in July, Lee, who holds a top secret/sensitive compartmented information (

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