Department of State Employee Charged for Conspiracy to Gather, Transmit, or Lose National Defense Information

Justice.gov ^ | March 7, 2025 | DOJ - Office of Public Affairs

[madison10]

Good

[monkeyshine]

Conspiracy to “lose” secret information? That’s a new one.
I suppose it’s like how I “lost” those guns in a boating accident?

[madison10]

That cannot be him. That guy looks like 62 or older.

[madison10]

https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C5603AQFU_lYehauZuw/profile-displayphoto-shrink_200_200/0/1517582944676?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=n6ndFdwwvzn1mlfSshPV3a6h3eMVG8B9Gd-neqrtQ90

Probably this guy. His age looks correct and he works (ed) at the Dept. of State.

[SaveFerris]

Thanks - I’ll push the abuse button

We want data to be accurate (but jokes to be funny...)

[Nervous Tick]

That’s the guy that was recently executed by firing squad in SC.

[SaveFerris]

Yeah I thought something was off there - Gooooooooogle often associates the wrong picture

BUT I pushed the abuse button

I reported myself to the mods so Nully doesn’t have to

I’ll get Nully ... ONE OF THESE DAYS ... to buy me some Taco Bell ...

[Nervous Tick]

:-)

[KC_Conspirator]

How old? FFS. THis is and example of DC garbage. Town needs an enema.

[SaveFerris]

It’s the wrong picture - like NT said - it’s the guy executed today - Gooooooooooogle software attaches the incorrect picture to a story link - it happens when news channels (of course) have several stories filed on one page - I’ve seen it before

[SaveFerris]

Looks like another picture has become available now

[Liz]

ndtv.com

Michael Charles Schena, 42, was charged with conspiring to gather and transmit US national defense information to people not authorized to receive it. Schena, who has worked at State Dept headquarters in Washington, held a top secret security clearance and had access to information up to the secret level, the Justice Dept said in a statement.

Schena, a South Caribbean desk officer, has not yet entered a plea. His lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and a State Department spokesperson did not immediately comment.

He accepted payments in return for sharing information with people he met through “various communication platforms” beginning in April 2022, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Surveillance footage captured Schena photographing at least five diplomatic documents marked secret at a State Department work station last month, according to the complaint. He was arrested the same day outside his Virginia home.

It is not immediately clear what the documents were or with whom they were shared. An invoice referenced in the criminal complaint referred to “CNY”, which authorities said they believe to be a reference to China’s yuan.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

[Bikkuri]

I believe that is the guy that just got the death penalty by being shot.

[SaveFerris]

See #13 I’m trying to get that one deleted

[Bikkuri]

Yeah, I saw.. but, as per the FR rules, we shouldn’t read be fore we post ;)

[SaveFerris]

I myself try VERY HARD to maintain the fine tradition

[Bikkuri]

That one is good!

[linMcHlp]

bttt