A Navy officer assigned to a patrol and reconnaissance group has been charged in military court with two counts of espionage, punishable by the death penalty under certain conditions.
The lieutenant commander is being held at the brig in Chesapeake and appeared at the military equivalent of a preliminary hearing at Norfolk Naval Station on Friday, according to the Navy. The officer’s identity has not been released, and charge sheets detailing his alleged crimes were heavily redacted.
The charge sheets say the officer communicated secret information “relating to the national defense to representatives of a foreign government.” The documents do not specify what information was provided, when it was provided or which nation it was provided to.
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Update #1: Navy Charges Maritime Recon Officer with Espionage in Rare ‘National Security Case’ -- USNI News
Update #2: Navy Officer Charged with Espionage by Military Court at Norfolk (Military.com)
WNU Editor: This is a very rare case, and apparently he is been held already for 8 months, but news on his detention is being released only now .... Navy Officer Accused of Spying for Foreign Power Held Secretly for 8 Months (Newsweek).
1 comment:
So some MoFo making 70k a year decides it is not enough.
Outside the 70k/year there was more upside in the future going the legal and honorable way.
" prostitution-patronizing, adultery and multiple violations of a lawful general order and failure to obey a lawful order."
Might as well arrest 40% of the Navy.
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