An Army soldier at Fort Bliss in El Paso was charged with attempting to provide Russia with information on military combat operations with top-secret clearance

A 22-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, was arrested Wednesday on espionage charges. Spc. Taylor Adam Lee was arrested in El Paso, Texas, on criminal charges of attempted transmission of national defense information to a foreign adversary and attempted export of controlled technical data without a license.

An active-duty soldier stationed at Fort Bliss was arrested Wednesday in El Paso on charges of espionage for allegedly attempting to transmit national defense information about United States tanks to Russia.