Hundreds of immigrant recruits at risk of 'death sentence' after Army bungles sensitive data
U.S. troops are sworn in as naturalized citizens on Nov. 2, 2012, at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. By Alex Horton Alex Horton General assignment reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow March 6 at 12:29 PM Army officials inadvertently disclosed sensitive information of hundreds of immigrant recruits from nations such as China and Russia, in a breach that could aid hostile governments in persecuting them or their families, a lawmaker and former U.S. officials said.
The list contained sensitive data of more than 4,200 immigrant recruits. Of those, more than 900 Chinese Mandarin speakers and dozens of Russian speakers are on the spreadsheet, according to a copy obtained by The Post. Abhishek Bakshi, an Indian recruit, said he received the list by accident in December 2017 from an Army recruiter in Wisconsin who asked if he wanted to schedule a security interview. The spreadsheet was disturbing, said Bakshi, whose name is also on the list.
Chinese recruits filing for asylum are concerned that extensive background checks implemented in 2016 will deny them enlistment for innocuous reasons, and some have waited so long that their visas have expired, exposing them to deportation. That has heightened concern they may be forced into the waiting arms of hostile governments.In another email to another Chinese recruit, an Army Reserve aviation unit at Fort Knox, Ky.
The Defense Department had used caution to handle personal information of immigrant recruits, underscoring the need to safeguard their families in hostile nations, said Naomi Verdugo, a former senior recruiting official for the Army at the Pentagon.
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