BURN HIM!!!
Posted on 06/23/2006 4:34:36 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
A former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst has pleaded guilty to illegally holding classified documents and admitted in a plea agreement to passing "top secret" information to Chinese intelligence officials.
Ronald N. Montaperto, the former analyst who held a security clearance as a China specialist at a U.S. Pacific Command research center until 2004, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful retention of national defense information, according to court papers and law officials familiar with the case, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
"Montaperto admitted to verbally providing [Chinese military] attaches a considerable amount of information that was useful to them, including classified information," according to a statement of facts submitted in the case.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Will there be any penalty? No. He will get the Sandy Burglar award.
Well, I think it's safe to assume he was a liberal until otherwise told.
North Korea??
Russia??
France??
Take your pick
And the beat goes on......
So was he telling China that we knew about these secondary sales. Sorry to be so dense but I do find it confusing.
Isn't this treason? Don't we hang traitors anymore? Guess not, we just impeach them for show and then don't remove them from their posts right?
The Chinese could potentially figure out our intelligence sources and methods from this type of information, rendering them useless. Intelligence is closely guarded not to keep the information itself secret. After all, our enemies know information about themselves already. The point of keeping intelligence secret is to protect sources and methods so they can be used over and over again.
No, we give them seats in Congress, or computers at the NYT.
Just another Clinton Democrat in the intelligence services, after all.....
They would NEVER sell out America for personal gain, WOULD THEY???
How can this be?
"The guilty plea was part of an agreement reached Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. The conviction can carry fines of up to $250,000 and a prison term of up to 10 years. Sentencing is set for Sept. 8."
UP to 10 years...and 250K?
What kind of plea deal is THIS?
"And why does Clinton get off Scot free?"
Because the press allows it....
BURN HIM!!!
The information supplied to the Chinese included top secret details of the sale of Chinese military equipment and missiles to the Middle East, the statement said.
A Clintonoid holdover ?
"Why does Clinton get off Scot free?"
>Because the press allows it...<
And who owns the press? The same people who own the gubmint! That's why Clinton gets off Scot free!
Montaperto, 66, joined the DIA in 1981 and eight years later sought a post at the CIA that eventually led to suspicions he was a spy for China. An investigation of his links to Chinese intelligence in 1991 was dropped for lack of evidence.
If he was a "journalist" and published the same material in the NY Times he'd probably get a Pulitzer and be home free. Keller & Co should get the same treatment as this guy.
Lots and LOTS of loose ends and unconnected dots here; sadly.
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