A Navy prosecutor last week sent an email to the editor of Navy Times that was embedded with a secret digital tracking device. The tracking device came at a time when the Naval Criminal Investigative Service is mounting an investigation into media leaks surrounding the high-profile court-martial of a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes.
That email, from Navy prosecutor Cmdr. Christopher Czaplak to Navy Times editor Carl Prine, came after several months of Navy Times reporting that raised serious questions about the Navy lawyers’ handling of the prosecution in the war crimes case.
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WNU Editor: The U.S. military and the press have never had a good relationship. This is just watching the press using more advanced technology. Is it wrong .... yes. Will something be done about it .... we shall see.
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Is the Navy Times a military or civilian "press'?
The greater concern for me as a lawyer is the surreptitious violation of the attorney-client privilege. If the prosecutors knew this was taking place, they should be disciplined and possibly disbarred.
They're concerned about leaks and it looks like this is their tool to track down the culprit when classified documents actually do leak. At least that's the story the Navy's sticking to for now. Still, if it's against the law to harvest that information then it doesn't really matter if the intention in using it was to "spy" on anyone, you either try and make it legal or you just don't do it. Though I do feel like the headline is a bit sensational.
3:02 PM
"Navy Times (ISSN 0028-1697) is an American newspaper published 26 times per year serving active, reserve and retired United States Navy personnel and their families, providing news, information, analysis, community lifestyle features, educational supplements, and resource guides. Navy Times also reports on the United States Coast Guard. Navy Times is published by Sightline Media Group a portfolio company of private equity firm Regent."
"Sightline Media Group, formerly Gannett Government Media and Army Times Publishing Company, is a United States company which publishes newspapers, magazines, Web sites, and other publications about the U.S. and other militaries."
Corporate ownership changes often sometimes and can be complicated. I'll leave it at that.
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