Posted on 08/18/2006 3:49:14 PM PDT by SandRat
RICHMOND, Va. - A Sailor accused of taking a Navy laptop containing classified information and peddling its contents to foreign governments is being held for possible court-martial, the military Wednesday.
The Navy said that Petty Officer 3rd Class Ariel J. Weinmann gave the classified information, containing national defense data, to an undisclosed foreign government before he destroyed the computer.
Weinmann, 21, of Salem, Ore., was confined at Norfolk Naval Air Station on six charges, the Navy said in a statement.
The charges include three counts of espionage, including a suspected March 2005 visit to Bahrain, where Weinmann tried to pass along classified information to a foreign government, the Navy said.
Months later, the Navy said, Weinmann deserted his submarine, the USS Albuquerque, for more than eight months and traveled to Austria and Mexico to "communicate, deliver or transmit" the information.
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(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...
May have been posted earlier but worth the read
Not worse than what Clinton did. Just move on. Nothing to see here. /sarc
bump for publicity
I hope the NCIS (or responsible group) leave plenty of "bait" laptops around...
loaded with plenty of mis-information.
And software to "dial home" as soon as hook up to the Internet.
Maybe even a small bit of C4 aboard as well.
people missed the original story because of the plane bomb plot
Oregon (In a nutshell).
He should be shot.
What kind of a crack is that?
Espionage and desertion, during wartime. Stretch his neck.
More on the traitor submariner.
Why don't they disclose which of our "friendly" foreign governments is spying on us?
At first the report was Israel, but was later changed to Russia. Weinmann was spying for Russia.
What? Why was my comment deleted? Ariel J. Weinmann is a Jewish name, I am a Jew. If Jews like this putz and Streisand are going to work against the US, then SCREW THEM! They are not Jews but traitors, they are anti-life and should be exposed and condemned at every opportunity which is what the Torah demands, Torat Moshe, the Law of Moses. "That Levites shall serve in the sanctuary. Num. xviii. 23." I consider the USA the sanctuary... Streisand does not serve the sanctuary, but those who are against it. Ms. Streisand has never publicly atoned for her sins of supporting terrorism, and not one ounce of respect should ever be shown her way until she does. She should be condemned and cursed at every opportunity.
OK...I can see what has happened here! I COMPLETELY apologize to you and Freep! This article made this guy out like he passed info onto Iran or some other psycho country. I had no info whatsoever about this guy until I looked him up and found this.... Is this article acurate? Oh my God, I am a fool!
http://www.theinsider.org/news/article.asp?id=2140
keelhaul
Stem to stern of the largest carrier.
hmm, I don't know... does a sub have a keel?
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