Posted on 10/05/2005 3:33:32 PM PDT by el_chupacabra
developing . . .
Yep.
They were on a Christian island (where my family has land) and were captured by a raiding party of the Abu Sayyaf, who infest some different islands.
Spying for WHO. The same al Queda guys that McVeah and Nichols contacted.
A spy is unprecedented. An entire spy ring is not.
Criminal complaint vs. Michael Ray Aquino,
Leandro Aragoncillo
September 15, 2005 @ 11:58 pm
THE U.S. Department of Justice has released the rap sheets filed against Michael Ray Aquino, a former ranking official of the Philippine National Police, and Leandro Aragoncillo, an intelligence analyst of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The two were charged with espionage on two counts, first with conspiring to defraud the U.S. government by disclosing classified information under the following circumstances:
a. On or about January 2, 2005, defendant MICHAEL RAY AQUINO sent a message to a public official in the Philippines about LEANDRO ARAGONCILLO and provided sensitive information furnished by ARAGONCILLO.
b. On or about February 24, 2005, defendant LEANDRO ARAGONCILLO transmitted classified information from a computer in New Jersey to a public official in the Philippines.
c. On or about February 24, 2005, defendant MICHAEL RAY AQUINO transmitted classified information to defendant ARAGONCILLO at a computer in New Jersey.
and second, with knowingly acting in the United States as agents of a foreign government, namely, as agents subject to the direction and control of a foreign official, without prior notification to the Attorney General, as required by law."
Aragoncillo, who is detailed with the Fort Monmouth Information Technology Center, was additionally charged with having knowingly accessed a computer without authorization and exceeding authorized access to sensitive information for reasons of U.S. national defense and foreign relations.
FBI investigation also revealed that Aragoncillo transmitted classified information 17 times via email, phone and SMS (text messages) to Aquino and still unnamed Philippine public officials.
If found guilty, Aquino faces a maximum penalty of 15 years’ imprisonment and $500,000-fine, while Aragoncillo will assume an additional maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and $250,000.
Aquino was a chief inspector of the defunct Presidential Anti-Crime Commission (PACC) headed by then Vice Pres. Joseph Estrada. When the PACC was disbanded to form the now also defunct Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF), he was promoted as senior superintendent. During his stint as a PACC agent, Aquino was implicated in five bank robberies and the Kuratong Baleleng rubout case, along with his superior, erstwhile chief superintendent (now senator) Panfilo Lacson, and 32 other police officials. The case was dismissed by a Quezon City trial court judge in 2003.
The PACC’s trail of bungled cases and bloody corpses was also the subject of the PCIJ’s three-part investigation in 1995.
An American of Filipino descent, Aragoncillo was a graduate of the College of Commerce and Accountancy of the University of Santo Tomas. He was among nine alumni recognized as outstanding Thomasians during the college’s 71st anniversary celebration in 2004.
The full text of the criminal complaint against Aquino and Aragoncillo can be accessed here.
http://pcij.org/blog/wp-docs/aragcomplaint0912.pdf
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From the criminal complaint filed by the FBI against Aragoncillo and Aquino:
“Aquino’s Introduction of Argoncillo to the Public Officials
14. Records from Yahoo! reveal that on or about January 2, 2005, an e-mail was sent from the Aquino Yahoo! Account to Public Official #2’s Yahoo! Account along with the following message introducing defendant LEANDRO ARAGONCILLO to Public Official #2:
Sir,
The other day, Leandro “Lean” Aragoncillo called me. He is the US Marine friend . . . . He already resigned from the USM and is now with the new intelligence unit . . . he is about to finish his training at the FBI NA in Quantico, Virginia.
He wants to talk to you and give you some updates on the political situation in the country. . . . He alleged that last Tuesday during a briefing . . . the recent political situation in the Philippines was
discussed. It was the first time that he heard about a briefing on the Philippine situation. He claimed that a change in leadership is boiling and that it is just a matter of time . . . . ”
Somehow I do remember reading about this also a couple of weeks ago regarding this Marine. Maybe in the NYT's?
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10E10F63B550C708DDDA00894DD404482
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E6D81F31F93BA2575AC0A9639C8B63
http://news.inq7.net/nation/index.php?index=1&story_id=50490
Something still reeks somwhere in all this. Who was the FBI person who leaked to Judith Miller way back in 2001? Are these the same sources?
Guess Clarke never read Gary Aldrich book, Unlimited Access.
I saw this, too. If you get any information, I would appreciate a ping. Kinda un-nerving.....
ok
Very doubtful. This is not some Muslim thing. These things are done through family connections; the man obviously had Philippine military contacts or ex-Marcos crony contacts, neither of which have any Muslim participation.
If you want to simplify it, he worked for the Philippine Mob, like the Sopranos.
Yes, indeed. He was going 88 in a 55 mile an hour zone because he was late for a meeting. If I had my way, the only meeting he would be going to would be with the jailer.
They murder, kidnap, and hold for ransom everyone they catch in their net.
in that case, nuthin to see here, move along
Trust the Muslim one who fled to Lebanon - twice? Or the officers that let him flee the second time?
Or if you want to go back a little, here's a list of some of the Marines who spied against the US.
http://www.dss.mil/training/espionage/Marines.htm
Folks from 1985, 1989, 1991, 1982.
There was an unattended package left near the gate of the White House if I remember correctly. Nothing dangerous was found.
A tiny part of the Philippines.
I do not recommend you visit that part. You should also avoid the southernmost province of Thailand.
He is an intersting article highlighting some of problems during clinton's term. Here is a little bit "According to former CIA and FBI agents, there are hundreds of security political appointee timebombs inside the Beltway. Take John Huang, formerly of the Commerce Department and now inches away from the slammer. He also had a top secret clearance. During an 18 month period, Huang received 37 personal briefings from the CIA and eyeballed thousands of secret documents. Frequently after a briefing, he was quickly on the phone to Indonesian, the land of his birth. When he was reassigned to the Democratic National Committee to raise money, he set a new record: the only Commerce Department employee ever to retain his top secret clearance after departing."
http://www.hackworth.com/17mar98.html
Damn! An all out blitz on the right in the last 60 days: Delay, Bennett, Miers, This spy story, Katrina, and Cindy Sheehan, just to name a few. Reminds me of all the heat the MSM gave Clinton.....NOT!
It is often exaggerated.
Ah, good point!
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