Two Chinese nationals have been charged with spying inside the United States on behalf of Beijing, including by taking photographs of a naval base, coordinating a cash dead-drop and by participating in efforts to recruit members of the military who they thought might be open to working for Chinese intelligence.

Two Chinese nationals have been charged with spying inside the United States on behalf of Beijing, including by taking photographs of a naval base, coordinating a cash dead-drop and participating in efforts to recruit members of the military who they thought might be open to working for Chinese intelligence.

U.S. prosecutors have charged two Chinese nationals with acting as agents of China's security service, accusing them of gathering intelligence about U.S. Navy bases and trying to identify Navy members willing to spy for Beijing,

The Department of Justice said it would prioritize seeking to strip citizenship from naturalized U.S. citizens in more cases.

The Justice Department is ramping up efforts to revoke the citizenship of immigrants who commit crimes or pose a national security risk.

Legal experts have sounded the alarm of the memo's vauge language, arguing it would "permit the Division to denaturalize for just about anything."