Posted on 04/09/2016 11:26:32 AM PDT by jazusamo
A Navy officer assigned to a maritime reconnaissance unit has been charged with espionage and attempted espionage, according to charging documents. The officer was arrested approximately eight months ago, but the details of his case were first made public Friday at a preliminary court hearing that will determine whether the case will proceed to a court martial.
The unidentified officer is currently assigned to Commander Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, a maritime patrol and reconnaissance unit in Norfolk that provides airborne anti-submarine warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance using P-8A Poseidon aircraft, P-3 Orion aircraft and MQ-4 unmanned aircraft.
A U.S. official says the lieutenant commander has been in pre-trial confinement since being arrested approximately eight months ago at an airport in the U.S. Pacific Command region while bound for a foreign country.
He is being held at the Naval Consolidated Brig in Chesapeake, Virginia. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the FBI are still investigating details of this case.
An Article 32 hearing held Friday in Norfolk, Virginia will determine if the case should proceed to a court martial. The hearing, vaguely referenced in a Navy court docket, was the first public confirmation of the case and was slated to last a day.
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If he’s found guilty his next communication should be with a hangman’s noose.
Yep, that’s what traitors deserve.
Now we know WHY and HOW our Navy Riverine patrol boats got taken prisoner by Iran?
Interesting to know if he attends mosque.
Does the military promote according to affirmative action to prove America is diverse?
Has Omoslem invited his parents to the White House yet?
the lieutenant commander has been in pre-trial confinement since being arrested approximately eight months ago at an airport in the U.S. Pacific Command region while bound for a foreign country.
Sounds like he was hand-carrying US anti-sub warfare intelligence to the Chinese.
Rhetorical question, I take it ;-)
It seems very strange they’d withhold his name unless it’s a Muslim name.
I hope he didn’t do something as criminal as sending classified material through personal email - and then leaving classification markings off so he could pretend he didn’t know. If he did something that reckless and premeditated, he’ll be sent to the United States Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth for a very long time.
No name, no picture, not even “teen.” Curious.
Probably documentary proof that a sailor on mid witch in Pearl Harbor can identify when any/every Chinese sub leave, or returns to port...by unique hull number.
And knows their position, bearing and speed every hour in between.
Sucks to be them.
It seems very strange they’d withhold his name unless it’s a Muslim name.
Lt Commander Clinton..
Being held while being investigated?
It looks like he was caught in the act with the goods on him. No way they’re going to let him out until a Court-Martial and then it very possibly will be a trip to his execution.
A couple more articles on this, second one has a little more info.
He’s be lucky to get Leavenworth or SuperMax as his new residence for life.
This is gonna put a big dent in his resume.
My guess was he was headed to China, too. There’s even a chance he was taking an oblique route to Russia.
All he has to do is say such activities are not illegal as demonstrated by the Secretary of State.
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