An American soldier has been arrested on charges of attempting to share secret information about the US Army's Abrams tank with Russia, prosecutors said.
The justice department accused Taylor Adam Lee, an active-duty soldier stationed at Fort Bliss in Texas, of passing an SD card with sensitive information to a Russian official.
Mr Lee - who held a top secret security clearance - has been charged under the Espionage Act. Prosecutors allege he sought to exchange the classified information in return for Russian citizenship.
"This arrest is an alarming reminder of the serious threat facing our U.S. Army," Brigadier General Sean F Stinchon of Army Counterintelligence Command said in a statement.
Mr Lee, 22, who was taken into custody on Wednesday morning, appeared in a federal court the same day. In addition to espionage charges, he is also facing charges under the US Arms Export Control Act.
