Posted on 10/09/2019 11:10:16 AM PDT by ransomnote
Defense Intelligence Agency worker arrested on charges of leaking top secret information to reporters
A counter-terrorism analyst for the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency was arrested Wednesday on federal charges that he leaked top secret and other classified information — including details of a foreign country’s weapons systems — to two reporters in 2018 and this year.
The worker, Henry Kyle Frese, 30, held top-secret clearance at the DIA, where he began as a contractor in January 2017, and eventually became a full-time employee.
One of the journalists who allegedly received secret information from Frese had apparently been involved in a romantic relationship with him, authorities said.
That reporter ended up writing at least eight articles based on at least five compromised intelligence reports leaked by Frese, according to a criminal indictment. Frese re-tweeted a link to the first article that reporter wrote based on information he had allegedly leaked to her, the indictment says.
“Frese was caught red-handed disclosing sensitive national security information for personal gain,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers.
An indictment alleges that Frese accessed classified intelligence reports, some which were not connected to his job duties, in spring 2018 and provided top secret information about another country’s weapons systems to a journalist who lived in the same Alexandria, Virginia, residential address as Frese.
The Justice Department said that it appears that Frese and one of the reporters “were involved in a romantic relationship for some or all of that period of time” in which Frese allegedly leaked the information.
“The unauthorized disclosure of TOP SECRET information could reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave harm to the national security of the United States,” the Justice Department said in a press release announcing Frese’s indictment in U.S District Court in Virginia.
A week after Frese allegedly accessed one of the intelligence reports, the first journalist sent Frese a direct message on Twitter asking whether he would speak with another journalist, according to the department.
“Frese stated that he was ‘down’ to help Journalist 2 if it helped Journalist 1 because he wanted to see Journalist 1 ‘progress.’ ”
The identities of the reporters and their employers were not disclosed by authorities.
The indictment against Frese says that on Sept. 24, 2019, surveillance of Frese caught him on a cell phone call transmitting national defense information to the second reporter.
Those disclosures allegedly contained information classified as secret, “meaning that the unauthorized disclosure of the information could reasonably be expected to cause serious harm to the national security of the United States,” the department said.
Frese faces a maximum possible sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted of each of the two counts of wilful transmission of national defense information with which he was charged.
“Henry Kyle Frese was entrusted with TOP SECRET information related to the national defense of our country,” said G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
“Frese allegedly violated that trust, the oath he swore to uphold, and is charged with engaging in dastardly and felonious conduct at the expense of our country,” Terwilliger said.
“This indictment should serve as a clear reminder to all of those similarly entrusted with National Defense Information that unilaterally disclosing such information for personal gain, or that of others, is not selfless or heroic, it is criminal.”
Yeah, but is it an actual "her" or a preferred pronoun "her"?
It's hard keepin' track nowadays.
He let his nuts do the thinking, therefore, fry him by electrical contact with same nuts!
So, its illegal to provide other nations with our countrys secrets, and its illegal to provide our citizens who dont have a security clearance with our countrys secrets.
Hillary?
Hillary?
This government needs a purge.
It doesn’t do “the impartial journalist” brand good to be seen sleeping with gov types to get info. I believe there will be further links - access, perks and info “given and take” that will “exceed” the public’s expectations in a negative way.
This fool traded classified material for sexual favors with at least 5 journalists. I hope he likes prison food. He’s going to eat a lot of it.
Here's a picture of the Goober
Guy is a virulent Anti-Trumper. There is no way someone so far left, and so supportive of overthrowing the government should hold ANY clearance.
https://twitter.com/hkfrese?lang=en
And his paramore? Meh, not worth the prison time...
https://twitter.com/amanda_m_macias
Dude, the him clearly refers to the leaker. We still dont know the sex of the reporter.
Public hanging... televised.
It says in the article her
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It does,minded. My post 29 stands corrected. Or would if I could actually edit it. ;-)
Oh, I am sure every journ-o-list in the Beltway ran out for Maalox and Depends the moment this story hit their desk.
They have to do more lie detector tests....on all these agents. Would Shitt pass a lie detector test? Would Pelosi?
Yes, female. It’s reported in the story.
I guess this to be expected. The traitor didn’t have a Super-Duper Double-Hexagon Top-Top Secret clearance. The traitor and the traitor “reportress” should be hanged publicly on the WDC mall on pay for view. The person who gave this traitor his “clearance” should be exiled for the rest of his/her worthless life.
I am hoping that the “second reporter” was a sting.
At least it would restore my dwindling faith in the competence of the Defense Intelligence Agency, if not any other “INTELLIGENCE” agencies.
He'll get out in 4 or 5 with good behavior, write a couple of books, and collect his Soros bounty millions... Then he'll get a senior editor position at the NYSlimes and a 2-million-a-year gig at CNN, NBC, CBS, or Fox...
Life is looking up for this 30-year old traitor...
The journalists arent named in the indictment, but they are identifiable as Amanda Macias, a national security reporter for CNBC, and Courtney Kube, a national security reporter for NBC. Public tweets cited in the court filings correspond to tweets sent by Ms. Macias and Ms. Kube in July of last year.
Disclosure: Amanda has family who work at Lockheed Martin, a company she regularly covers.
https://www.businessinsider.com/author/amanda-macias
This appears to be the first story based on his leaks to Miss Macias:
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