Naturalized U.S. Army veteran admits selling Bradley, Stryker, and HIMARS secrets to buyers in China On September 16, 2026, Ruoyu Duan, 41, of Hillsboro, Oregon, pleaded guilty in Portland federal court to conspiracy to gather and transmit national defense information. Sentencing is set for December 10. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. This is not a green-card gray area. Duan served in the U.S. Army from 2013 to 2017, was trained to handle sensitive and classified material, and became a U.S. citizen through the now-defunct MAVNI program, which fast-tracked foreign recruits with special skills into citizenship after military service. He was medically discharged after an on-duty injury and was collecting VA disability at the time of his arrest. Prosecutors say that from November 2021 until his arrest in March 2025, Duan acted as a middleman. He paid active-duty soldiers—including Capt. Li Tian and Sgt. Jian Zhao at Joint Base Lewis-McChord—to collect Army operational material: technical manuals, training files, intelligence reports, computers, and hard drives marked Secret and Top Secret. The haul included data on Bradley and Stryker combat vehicles and the HIMARS rocket system. He then passed it to people in China and moved the money. Tian and Zhao have not pleaded guilty. FBI agents arrested Duan at his home on March 6, 2025, and seized devices containing files matching reports Tian had sent him. A U.S. passport and an Army uniform are not a license to sell the country’s weapons data. Duan already admitted the conspiracy. Watch the December sentence.

🚨 JUST IN: DOJ says a naturalized citizen from NIGERIA and former Texas Southern University professor has been SENTENCED to 78 MONTHS in federal prison for a student financial aid fraud scheme SEND HIM TO NIGERIA! 👋🏻 Emmanuel Finnih, 43, submitted more than 100 FAKE financial aid applications over about five years using stolen identities of straw students 😠 He applied for over $1.3M in grants and loans, and $921K was paid out. KEEP PROSECUTING. Denaturalize this pirate!

Mexico native Omar Cantu-Montalvo was naturalized in 2005, but he lied on his application saying he had never committed a crime. In April 2016, he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute MORE THAN 5 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE — a conspiracy he joined just a few months before he applied for naturalization. DOJ is pressing for denaturalization.

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I am shocked to learn that any foreign born naturalized US citizens can serve as Senators, be part of the House, become governors, mayors and state legislators. They should amend this and make it only US BORN citizens can do this that are at least 2nd generation so they are deeply rooted in the American culture. It only makes senses.

Want to Truly Experience Japan? Pause the TikTok Antics. As a naturalized Japanese citizen, a graduate of a Japanese university, and a regular commentator on Japanese television, I have waited decades for the world to discover Japan. Seeing it on everyone’s bucket list today is incredible! But to be honest, I find myself irritated when I see tourists eating, drinking, and chatting loudly on public transportation. When I lived in New York City and Vienna, I loved street performances—even during peak rush hour. But here in Tokyo, seeing people dance and pull stunts at Shibuya Scramble makes me miss the days when Japan was still anonymous. Most tourists come to Japan to experience Japan and the Japanese way of life. Right? If so, I urge you to embrace the quiet of a Japanese train ride, and simply be present when you step into a pedestrian crossing. Please pause the urge to perform in the streets until you get back home. You will enjoy Japan so much more when the locals enjoy having you here. image generated by AI